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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- A New Vision For York
- Dick Turpin
- Barker Tower
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Vikings and Christianity
- York Railway Station
- William Etty, Artist
- The George Fox Incident
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The York Hoard
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Assembly Rooms