Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- Ouse Bridge
- Rowntree Park
- Victoria Bar
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Multangular Tower
- The Norman Abbey
- The Norman Castle
- Ripon College for Women
- New Shopping Centres
- York Central Library
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- All Saints Church, North Street
- York Union Gas Works
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York's Airfield
- Roman Head Pot