Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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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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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- View from Station Rise
- Fire in the Minster
- New Shopping Centres
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York's Airfield
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Alcuin of York
- Viking Boot
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Yorkshire Museum
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The New Theatre
- The End of the Abbey
- John Carr - Architect
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York's Medieval Synagogue