Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Bone Trial Piece
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York and the Holocaust
- Stonegate
- The Horn of Ulf
- New Shopping Centres
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The First Railway Station
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Railway Institute
- De Grey Rooms
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Medieval Castle
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York Railway Station
- All Saints Church, North Street