Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Red Tower
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Rebuilt in Stone
- A Pipkin
- Feeding Roman York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Bronze weights
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Barley Hall
- The Cawood Sword
- The Minster in Viking Times
- First World War York
- King Richard III and York