Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Castle Museum
- Norman Window Frame
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Railway Institute
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- First World War Memorial
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Norman Minster
- Dick Turpin
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Medieval Abbey
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Mary Ward
- The Retreat
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Silver Strap Ends