Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Rowntree Park
- St Crux's Church
- Monk Bar
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- William Etty, Artist
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Norman Minster
- The York Observatory
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Judges Lodging
- Viking Coins
- Teaching the Poor
- Central Methodist Chapel