Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Medieval Castle
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Jubbergate
- York Union Gas Works
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Church of St Helen
- York Art Gallery
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York Garrison
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Alcuin of York
- Anglian Cross
- The Newgate Cross Shaft