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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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Hospitium
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Red Tower
- York Railway Station
- Anglian Cross
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The New Theatre
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- De Grey Rooms
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Norman Minster
- Dick Turpin