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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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St William's Shrine
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Gold Arm Ring
- Anglian Carving
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- A New Walk
- Church of St Olave
- Silver Strap Ends
- Feeding Roman York
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Second World War York
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Church of St Helen