Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Cawood Sword
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Ouse Bridge
- The Mansion House
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The White Rose of York
- The Abbot's House
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- A New University
- King's Manor - Victorian
- New Earswick
- York Bombed
- Constantius Chlorus