Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- King Richard II and York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- John Carr - Architect
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Crest of York St John College
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The George Fox Incident
- Viking Coins
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bootham Bar
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa