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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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- 62 Low Petergate
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The First Minster
- The End of the Abbey
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Female Prison
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Abbot's House
- The Multangular Tower
- Second World War York
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- View from Station Rise
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church