Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mary Ward
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- King Edward I and York
- Scarborough Bridge
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Black Death
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- First World War York
- Medieval Prisons
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Water Lanes
- Clifford's Tower
- York Railway Station
- Bronze weights
- York Garrison
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa