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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription to Hecules
- William Etty, Artist
- Fire in the Minster
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Statue of the God Mars
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Medieval Abbey
- Statue of an Athlete
- George Leeman
- The First Railway Station
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Shambles
- The Retreat
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- King Edward I and York
- Statue of Napoleon