Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Mary Ward
- Fire in the Minster
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Gold Finger Ring
- New Earswick
- The Norman Minster
- York Railway Station
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Treasurer's House
- The Abbot's House
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Mansion House