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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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Holocaust
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Treasurer's House
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Viking Male Grooming
- Judges Lodging
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Norman Window Frame
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- De Grey Rooms
- The Greyfriars
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- A New Vision For York
- George Leeman
- St Leonard's Hospital