Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Scarborough Bridge
- Anglian Carving
- Bootham School
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Mystery Plays
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Central Methodist Chapel
- First World War Memorial
- Teaching the Poor
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Daniel Defoe's York
- New Shopping Centres
- Is York Cursed?
- Walmgate Bar
- The Abbot's House
- Glazed Medieval Jug