Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Second World War York
- Gold Arm Ring
- Feeding Roman York
- Fishergate Bar
- The Medieval Abbey
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Medieval Castle
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The First Minster
- Roman Head Pot
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Female Prison
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Railway Institute
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop