Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Rowntree Park
- King Edward II and York
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Bootham School
- The Norman Castle
- Church of St Helen
- The York Hoard
- Viking Boot
- Mary Ward
- George Leeman
- Cinema Comes to York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The End of the Abbey
- De Grey Rooms