Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Cross
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Horn of Ulf
- The York Observatory
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Transport Moves On
- York Garrison
- The 1190 Massacre
- Cinema Comes to York
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Medieval Prisons
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- King Edward III and York
- The Norman Castle
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York and the Holocaust