Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Black Death
- The White Rose of York
- Crest of York St John College
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Micklegate Bar
- King Richard II and York
- William Etty, Artist
- York Central Library
- Water Lanes
- Judges Lodging
- The Abbot's House
- First World War Memorial
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Horn of Ulf
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector