Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The County Court House
- Jubbergate
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Vikings and Christianity
- York Garrison
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Norman Abbey
- Ouse Bridge
- Barker Tower
- King Edward II and York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Black Death
- A New Vision For York
- Ripon College for Women
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Trams Pulled by Horses