Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fairfax House
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Viking Male Grooming
- The County Court House
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Medieval Prisons
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The York Observatory
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Red Tower
- King Edward II and York
- The Cawood Sword
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Industrial Upheaval
- Minster Library
- Monk Bar
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'