Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Victoria Bar
- The Medieval Minster
- The Bar Convent
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Abbot's House
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Debtors' Prison
- 62 Low Petergate
- Fairfax House
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The York Helmet
- Barley Hall
- York's Coat of Arms
- Monk Bar
- Second World War York