Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Teaching the Poor
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Medieval Minster
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Margaret Clitherow
- Industrial Upheaval
- Water Lanes
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Vikings and Christianity