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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Airfield
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Medieval Castle
- Mary Ward
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Ripon College for Women
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Dick Turpin
- York's Coat of Arms
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Roman Gods and Goddesses