Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York Castle Museum
- St William's Shrine
- The Greyfriars
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Anglian Cross
- Ouse Bridge
- Statue of the God Mars
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Cinema Comes to York
- First World War York
- The Norman Castle
- Fishergate Bar
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Statue of Napoleon