Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- A Pipkin
- The Red Tower
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Bar Convent
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- York in the fifteenth Century
- King Richard III and York
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The York Observatory
- The Multangular Tower
- Holy Trinity Church
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Clifford's Tower
- Stonegate
- Monk Bar