Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- Anglian Cross
- Bootham School
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The County Court House
- Victoria Bar
- Medieval Prisons
- Industrial Upheaval
- St Crux's Church
- The Red Tower
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Second World War York
- Jubbergate
- The Greyfriars
- King Richard II and York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant