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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Industrial Upheaval
- Gold Finger Ring
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- York Garrison
- York and the Holocaust
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Barley Hall
- Judges Lodging
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- York Art Gallery
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- King Edward III and York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- King Edward II and York
- King Richard II and York