Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Victoria Bar
- Stonegate
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Treasurer's House
- Walmgate Bar
- Royal Station Hotel
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Norman Minster