Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Alcuin of York
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Multangular Tower
- First World War Memorial
- Margaret Clitherow
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Central Library
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Gold Finger Ring
- Dick Turpin
- John Carr - Architect
- The Hospitium
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Rowntree Park
- Is York Cursed?