Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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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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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Transport Moves On
- York Art Gallery
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Fairfax House
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York and the Holocaust
- Second World War York
- St William's Shrine
- Norman Window Frame
- The Assembly Rooms
- Anglian Cross
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'