Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Cawood Sword
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Medieval Abbey
- Guy Fawkes
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Crest of York St John College
- Anglian Cross
- The County Court House
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Water Lanes
- George Leeman
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The York Helmet
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- St Leonard's Hospital