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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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- Statue of Napoleon
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Mansion House
- Industrial Upheaval
- The White Rose of York
- York Railway Station
- Ripon College for Women
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Railway Institute
- Sixties York
- The Battle of the Standard
- York Central Library
- William Etty, Artist
- First World War Memorial
- Jewbury Cemetery