Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The County Court House
- The New Theatre
- New Earswick
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Ripon College for Women
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- George Leeman
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Monk Bar
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Medieval Castle
- The Mansion House
- York Central Library
- Statue of the God Mars
- Second World War York