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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Gold Finger Ring
- Roman Head Pot
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Water Lanes
- The Red Tower
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Mithras and Arimanius
- View from Station Rise
- Walmgate Bar
- The Hospitium
- York's Airfield
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York Union Gas Works
- Vikings and Christianity
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church