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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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Water Lanes
- The Norman House
- The York Observatory
- The Shambles
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The New Theatre
- New Shopping Centres
- Church of St Helen
- Barker Tower
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Guildhall
- York's Airfield
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- De Grey Rooms
- Statue of an Athlete
- Inscription from Fortress Gate