Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Viking Boot
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The York Hoard
- A New University
- The Council of Arles
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- New Earswick
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)