Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Abbey
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Medieval Castle
- De Grey Rooms
- Daniel Defoe's York
- First World War York
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Crest of York St John College
- Treasurer's House
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York Union Gas Works
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- 62 Low Petergate
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Inscription from Fortress Gate