Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Black Death
- Viking Male Grooming
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- A New Walk
- Silver Strap Ends
- Alcuin of York
- Inscription to Hecules
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Cinema Comes to York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York Bombed
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Norman House
- The Retreat
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Medieval Minster