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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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Is York Cursed?
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Victoria Bar
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Margaret Clitherow
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Bronze weights
- Guy Fawkes
- The Cawood Sword
- York's Airfield
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Inscription to Hecules
- Industrial Upheaval
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Medieval Minster
- The Bar Convent