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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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Victoria Bar
- St Leonard's Hospital
- First World War York
- Alcuin of York
- The Black Death
- Fairfax House
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Gold Finger Ring
- Holy Trinity Church
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Stonegate
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York Union Gas Works
- Dick Turpin
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool