Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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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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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Silver Strap Ends
- Teaching the Poor
- York Castle Museum
- The Retreat
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Water Lanes
- New Shopping Centres
- York Central Library
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Ouse Bridge
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Our Lady's Row
- 62 Low Petergate
- York in the fifteenth Century