Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Boot
- The County Court House
- Is York Cursed?
- St Crux's Church
- A New Vision For York
- The Railway Institute
- The Norman Minster
- The George Fox Incident
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- St William's Shrine
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Anglian Cross
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Rowntree Park
- The Mystery Plays
- View from Station Rise