Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Micklegate Bar
- Sixties York
- Fire in the Minster
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Industrial Upheaval
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Council of Arles
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Viking Male Grooming
- Alcuin of York
- York's Airfield
- Cinema Comes to York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- A Pipkin
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Inside the Roman Fortress