Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The George Fox Incident
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- New Shopping Centres
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Statue of the God Mars
- Statue of an Athlete
- Guy Fawkes
- Norman Window Frame
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The End of the Abbey
- Alcuin of York