Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Royal Station Hotel
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Viking Sword Pommel
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Battle of the Standard
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Shambles
- Mary Ward
- Second World War York
- The Assembly Rooms
- Viking Boot
- The New Theatre
- Medieval Prisons
- King Richard II and York