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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Royal Station Hotel
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Micklegate Bar
- The Red Tower
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Industrial Upheaval
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The George Fox Incident
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Debtors' Prison
- The First Railway Station
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Military Belt Fitting
- St Crux's Church