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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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New University
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- First World War Memorial
- Dick Turpin
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- King Edward II and York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- George Leeman
- The New Theatre
- Bootham School
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Scarborough Bridge