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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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Union Gas Works
- Gold Arm Ring
- York and the Holocaust
- The County Court House
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Fairfax House
- The Mystery Plays
- 62 Low Petergate
- Statue of Napoleon
- First World War York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Sixties York
- York Central Library
- The 1190 Massacre
- Vikings and Christianity
- Inscription to Hecules
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York