Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Council of Arles
- Lendal Bridge
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The County Court House
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Viking Coins
- King Richard II and York
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Industrial Upheaval
- The End of the Abbey
- Jubbergate
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Teaching the Poor
- The York Helmet