Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of Napoleon
- York and the Holocaust
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Vikings and Christianity
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Abbot's House
- The Battle of the Standard
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Cawood Sword
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The George Fox Incident
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Jubbergate
- First World War York