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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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jubbergate
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- St Crux's Church
- Bootham Bar
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Vikings and Christianity
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Feeding Roman York
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- A New University
- Rowntree Park
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Battle of the Standard
- Viking Boot
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- First World War Memorial
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway