Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Male Grooming
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Cawood Sword
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Ouse Bridge
- York Garrison
- Ripon College for Women
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York and the Holocaust
- Cinema Comes to York
- Guy Fawkes
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York's Coat of Arms
- George Leeman
- Fishergate Bar
- A New University