Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- St William's Shrine
- The George Fox Incident
- Lendal Tower
- New Shopping Centres
- 62 Low Petergate
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Bootham Bar
- Mary Ward
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Fishergate Bar
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa