Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Railway Institute
- Feeding Roman York
- Royal Station Hotel
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Abbot's House
- Alcuin of York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Guy Fawkes
- Clifford's Tower
- The County Court House
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Mansion House
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Barley Hall
- Vikings and Christianity