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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A Pipkin
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York Railway Station
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Military Belt Fitting
- Bronze weights
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York Central Library
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- 62 Low Petergate
- John Carr - Architect
- The Hospitium
- Vikings and Christianity
- Walmgate Bar
- King Richard II and York