Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Viking Male Grooming
- York in the fifteenth Century
- William Etty, Artist
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Micklegate Bar
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Fire in the Minster
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Constantius Chlorus
- Statue of Napoleon
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- De Grey Rooms
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Stonegate