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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Teaching the Poor
- George Leeman
- Dick Turpin
- The New Theatre
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Vikings and Christianity
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Statue of Napoleon
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York's Airfield
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
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