Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Military Belt Fitting
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York's Coat of Arms
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Is York Cursed?
- Barker Tower
- John Carr - Architect
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Shambles
- Viking Sword Pommel
- A New University
- De Grey Rooms
- King Richard II and York
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Retreat