Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Bootham Bar
- York Central Library
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Medieval Minster
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Medieval Prisons
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Red Tower
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill