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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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Walmgate Bar
- The New Theatre
- Olive Oil Container
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Council of Arles
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Is York Cursed?
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Statue of an Athlete
- 62 Low Petergate
- Scarborough Bridge
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- King Edward III and York
- First World War Memorial
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- All Saints Church, North Street