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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Teaching the Poor
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Viking Coins
- A New University
- Water Lanes
- Stonegate
- George Leeman
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- First World War York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- A New Walk
- Mary Ward
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Retreat