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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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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Micklegate Bar
- The Retreat
- The Minster in Viking Times
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York Garrison
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Jubbergate
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Skeldergate Bridge
- A New University
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Bronze weights
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The First Railway Station
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Medieval Castle