Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Female Prison
- Statue of an Athlete
- 62 Low Petergate
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- First World War Memorial
- Mary Ward
- Margaret Clitherow
- Cinema Comes to York
- York Union Gas Works
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Multangular Tower
- Vikings and Christianity
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- York's Airfield