Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Is York Cursed?
- The Cawood Sword
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Fishergate Bar
- Guy Fawkes
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- A New University
- The 1190 Massacre
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Norman House
- York and the Holocaust
- A New Walk
- York Art Gallery
- Feeding Roman York