Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Olave
- The Railway Institute
- King Edward II and York
- Jewbury Cemetery
- All Saints Church, North Street
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The White Rose of York
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Vikings and Christianity
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The York Observatory
- King Edward I and York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Church of St Helen