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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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The York Observatory
- De Grey Rooms
- The Norman Minster
- Viking Coins
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Medieval Minster
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- New Shopping Centres
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Vikings and Christianity