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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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Teaching the Poor
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Retreat
- The White Rose of York
- The George Fox Incident
- Sixties York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Mansion House
- Barker Tower
- Bronze weights
- Olive Oil Container
- King's Manor - Victorian