Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Crux's Church
- The Red Tower
- King Richard II and York
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Water Lanes
- The Female Prison
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Norman Minster
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Hospitium
- York and the Holocaust
- Treasurer's House
- Viking Sword Pommel