Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The End of the Abbey
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Union Gas Works
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Multangular Tower
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Judges Lodging
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Guy Fawkes
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Retreat
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Stonegate