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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Greyfriars
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Retreat
- Alcuin of York
- Ouse Bridge
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Black Death
- Anglian Carving
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Victorian Prison Building
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- St William's Shrine
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The York Hoard
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- All Saints Church, North Street