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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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- King Edward I and York
- View from Station Rise
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Micklegate Bar
- The Norman Castle
- The Norman Minster
- Cinema Comes to York
- The End of the Abbey
- First World War Memorial
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Medieval Castle
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York Castle Museum
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Church of St Helen
- Judges Lodging
- A Pipkin