Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Mary Ward
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Black Death
- Holy Trinity Church
- Treasurer's House
- A New University
- Transport Moves On
- Gold Arm Ring
- Barley Hall
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- First World War York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York and the Holocaust
- York Bombed