Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- Fishergate Bar
- The Female Prison
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- St Leonard's Hospital
- King Richard II and York
- A New Walk
- The York Hoard
- Bootham School
- The Medieval Castle
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Assembly Rooms
- 62 Low Petergate
- Feeding Roman York
- Judges Lodging
- Treasurer's House