Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Alcuin of York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- King Edward III and York
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Greyfriars
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Victoria Bar
- The Basilica
- Bootham Bar