Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Battle of the Standard
- York Castle Museum
- A Pipkin
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Church of St Olave
- A New University
- Guy Fawkes
- Stonegate
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bronze weights
- The Norman Minster
- The Medieval Minster