Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor - Victorian
- King Edward III and York
- Gold Finger Ring
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Horn of Ulf
- Anglian Cross
- Fairfax House
- A Pipkin
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Viking Male Grooming
- The New Theatre
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Assembly Rooms
- The George Fox Incident