Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Chimney Pot
- First World War York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Greyfriars
- The Red Tower
- The Norman Castle
- Bronze weights
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Industrial Upheaval
- A Pipkin
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- York Art Gallery
- The New Theatre
- The Basilica
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Viking Coins