Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Dick Turpin
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Micklegate Bar
- Our Lady's Row
- Gold Finger Ring
- Fire in the Minster
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- King Richard II and York
- John Carr - Architect
- Medieval Prisons
- Minster Library
- York in the fifteenth Century