Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ripon College for Women
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Norman Abbey
- Micklegate Bar
- The York Observatory
- View from Station Rise
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York's Coat of Arms
- The White Rose of York
- Alcuin of York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Margaret Clitherow
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- King Richard III and York