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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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Bombed
- York and the Holocaust
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Garrison
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Treasurer's House
- Statue of an Athlete
- York Central Library
- King Richard II and York
- New Shopping Centres
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Jubbergate
- Walmgate Bar
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Holy Trinity Church
- Fire in the Minster
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels