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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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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Barley Hall
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Viking Boot
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Second World War York
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Stonegate
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Jubbergate
- The New Theatre
- Gold Arm Ring
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Guy Fawkes
- A New Walk
- Bronze weights