Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway Institute
- The Medieval Minster
- The Multangular Tower
- King Edward III and York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Treasurer's House
- Holy Trinity Church
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Royal Station Hotel
- The First Railway Station
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Silver Strap Ends
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Aldwark Synagogue
- De Grey Rooms
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'