Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York Art Gallery
- The Shambles
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- De Grey Rooms
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Medieval Castle
- Church of St Olave
- Bronze weights
- Holy Trinity Church
- New Shopping Centres
- St Crux's Church
- The Basilica
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- First World War York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Fire in the Minster