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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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Amber Bead Workshop
- York Art Gallery
- A New University
- King Edward I and York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Scarborough Bridge
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Lendal Bridge
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Feeding Roman York
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Norman Abbey
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Olive Oil Container
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior