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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Roman Head Pot
- A New Walk
- The 1190 Massacre
- The George Fox Incident
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Statue of the God Mars
- A New Vision For York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Mystery Plays
- Anglian Carving
- Church of St Olave
- Silver Strap Ends
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Holy Trinity Church