Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- De Grey Rooms
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The New Theatre
- The Black Death
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Mary Ward
- Statue of the God Mars
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The York Helmet
- The Battle of the Standard
- Barker Tower
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Anglian Cross
- Teaching the Poor
- Church of St Olave
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Cawood Sword
- Victoria Bar