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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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Assembly Rooms
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The End of the Abbey
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York's Coat of Arms
- The York Hoard
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Debtors' Prison
- Clifford's Tower
- Feeding Roman York
- Stonegate
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Church of St Helen
- First World War Memorial
- Mary Ward
- Viking Sword Pommel