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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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway Institute
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Mansion House
- Cinema Comes to York
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Victoria Bar
- The York Helmet
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Norman Minster
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Viking Boot
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York Bombed
- Holy Trinity Church
- Crest of York St John College
- York Central Library
- The Mystery Plays