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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Shopping Centres
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Viking Boot
- Treasurer's House
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Norman House
- The Minster after the Reformation
- A New Walk
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- First World War York
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Railway Institute