Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- John Carr - Architect
- St William's Shrine
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Railway Institute
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Battle of the Standard
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York Garrison
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Fairfax House
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Industrial Upheaval