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 Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Second World War York
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Dick Turpin
- The George Fox Incident
- Roman Head Pot
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Basilica
- Stonegate
- George Leeman
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Lendal Tower
- Daniel Defoe's York