Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Viking Boot
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Medieval Minster
- The Mystery Plays
- St Crux's Church
- York's Airfield
- Treasurer's House
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Norman Castle
- Medieval Prisons
- King Edward III and York
- Industrial Upheaval
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop