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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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Bombed
- Skeldergate Bridge
- All Saints Church, North Street
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Norman Minster
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Norman Window Frame
- Vikings and Christianity
- Scarborough Bridge
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Railway Institute
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Military Belt Fitting
- The New Theatre
- Inscription to Hecules
- The George Fox Incident