Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Tower
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Norman Abbey
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Battle of the Standard
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Mystery Plays
- The Red Tower
- Viking Boot
- Anglian Cross
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Viking Coins
- Viking Sword Pommel