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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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Dick Turpin
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Railway Institute
- Yorkshire Museum
- King Richard III and York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Barker Tower
- The New Theatre
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Mary Ward
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Ripon College for Women
- Constantius Chlorus
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Fire in the Minster