Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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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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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Boot
- Monk Bar
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Bronze weights
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The George Fox Incident
- De Grey Rooms
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Medieval Minster
- The Debtors' Prison
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Barker Tower
- The First Railway Station
- St Crux's Church
- The Greyfriars
- Dick Turpin
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway