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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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway Institute
- Fire in the Minster
- York and the Holocaust
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Medieval Abbey
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- De Grey Rooms
- Jewbury Cemetery
- George Leeman
- William Etty, Artist
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Fishergate Bar
- Constantius Chlorus
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The First Railway Station
- Olive Oil Container