Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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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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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Victoria Bar
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York's Airfield
- Barley Hall
- York Bombed
- Lendal Bridge
- Sixties York
- A Pipkin
- New Shopping Centres
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Jubbergate
- Micklegate Bar
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Norman Minster
- Tombstone of Julia Velva