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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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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Victorian Prison Building
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Black Death
- Our Lady's Row
- The First Minster
- The Retreat
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- First World War Memorial
- York Union Gas Works
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Railway Institute
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Water Lanes