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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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Debtors' Prison
- The York Helmet
- Anglian Cross
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Constantius Chlorus
- Stonegate
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The York Observatory
- Mithras and Arimanius
- William Etty, Artist
- Guy Fawkes
- First World War York
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- A Pipkin