Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Dick Turpin
- De Grey Rooms
- York's Airfield
- Rowntree Park
- The York Observatory
- Second World War York
- The 1190 Massacre
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- King Edward I and York
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Norman House
- The Norman Castle
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- York Union Gas Works
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head