Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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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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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Retreat
- York Central Library
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Barley Hall
- The End of the Abbey
- Transport Moves On
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Water Lanes