Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of the Standard
- The York Hoard
- Fairfax House
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Military Belt Fitting
- Medieval Prisons
- The Female Prison
- King Edward III and York
- The York Observatory
- Bootham School
- Barley Hall
- The Multangular Tower
- York Art Gallery
- Royal Station Hotel
- The First Railway Station
- 62 Low Petergate
- Minster Library
- York Bombed