Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Church of St Helen
- The Cawood Sword
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Basilica
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Viking Boot
- The Black Death
- The New Theatre
- Dick Turpin
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- William Etty, Artist
- York Union Gas Works
- Constantius Chlorus
- A New Vision For York