Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Water Lanes
- View from Station Rise
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Church of St Helen
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Medieval Prisons
- A Pipkin
- The First Railway Station
- The Assembly Rooms
- Judges Lodging
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York Bombed
- Anglian Carving