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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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard II and York
- The Basilica
- York Garrison
- Dick Turpin
- The York Observatory
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Gold Finger Ring
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- York and the Holocaust
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Bootham Bar
- The First Minster
- George Leeman
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Multangular Tower
- Skeldergate Bridge