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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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York Union Gas Works
- Barley Hall
- View from Station Rise
- Margaret Clitherow
- Viking Silk Cap
- Holy Trinity Church
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Norman Abbey
- Silver Strap Ends
- Royal Station Hotel
- Treasurer's House
- Church of St Helen
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior