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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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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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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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Micklegate Bar
- York's Coat of Arms
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Barker Tower
- Statue of Napoleon
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The New Theatre
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Water Lanes
- All Saints Church, North Street
- King Edward I and York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Vikings and Christianity
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Inside the Roman Fortress