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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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Viking Male Grooming
- Crest of York St John College
- Bone Trial Piece
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Statue of an Athlete
- Medieval Prisons
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Horn of Ulf
- King Edward II and York
- The Greyfriars
- The Pilgrimage of Grace