Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Guy Fawkes
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Sixties York
- New Shopping Centres
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Statue of an Athlete
- The End of the Abbey
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Monk Bar
- The Medieval Abbey
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'