Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward I and York
- St William's Shrine
- York Railway Station
- Scarborough Bridge
- Sixties York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Vikings and Christianity
- Walmgate Bar
- Central Methodist Chapel
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Fairfax House
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Anglian Cross
- Inscription to Hecules
- Feeding Roman York