Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Monk Bar
- Treasurer's House
- New Shopping Centres
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Cawood Sword
- Silver Strap Ends
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Jewbury Cemetery
- York and the Holocaust
- The Norman Abbey
- View from Station Rise
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill