Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Treasurer's House
- First World War Memorial
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The County Court House
- Rowntree Park
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Our Lady's Row
- York Railway Station
- Anglian Carving
- King Edward I and York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York and the Holocaust
- Clifford's Tower
- The New Theatre
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway