Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Norman Castle
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- New Shopping Centres
- The Norman Minster
- Church of St Olave
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Medieval Prisons
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Teaching the Poor
- Ouse Bridge
- Olive Oil Container
- York Railway Station
- York Castle Museum
- Minster Library