Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- St William's Shrine
- New Earswick
- Victoria Bar
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Medieval Abbey
- The York Helmet
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- King Edward II and York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Bone Trial Piece
- York's Medieval Synagogue