Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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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 York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Railway Institute
- The Greyfriars
- Gold Finger Ring
- York Bombed
- The End of the Abbey
- A Pipkin
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York Garrison
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Church of St Wilfrid
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Treasurer's House
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity