Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Cawood Sword
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Olive Oil Container
- New Shopping Centres
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York Union Gas Works
- King Richard II and York
- The Medieval Abbey
- Yorkshire Museum
- George Leeman
- Royal Station Hotel
- Anglian Carving
- Jewbury Cemetery