Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway Institute
- Viking Coins
- Amber Bead Workshop
- York Central Library
- Sixties York
- Fishergate Bar
- The Guildhall
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Cinema Comes to York
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Medieval Minster
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- View from Station Rise
- Medieval Prisons
- The Crossed Keys Symbol