Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Helmet
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Retreat
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Basilica
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Mansion House
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York Bombed
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The York Observatory
- The Horn of Ulf
- A Pipkin
- Vikings and Christianity