Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Jubbergate
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Medieval Abbey
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Alcuin of York
- The Medieval Minster
- The Black Death
- The First Railway Station
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Bootham School
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- St Crux's Church
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York