Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Monk Bar
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- King Richard III and York
- Jubbergate
- Second World War York
- The Council of Arles
- Clifford's Tower
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Cinema Comes to York
- Barker Tower
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Medieval Abbey
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Basilica