Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham School
- The Debtors' Prison
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Anglian Carving
- The First Minster
- The Basilica
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Vikings and Christianity
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Minster in Viking Times
- A New Vision For York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Guildhall
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Our Lady's Row