Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard III and York
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Micklegate Bar
- The Horn of Ulf
- York Union Gas Works
- Royal Station Hotel
- The First Railway Station
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Constantius Chlorus
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Rowntree Park
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Aldwark Synagogue