Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Silver Strap Ends
- Rowntree Park
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Scarborough Bridge
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Margaret Clitherow
- Roman Head Pot
- The End of the Abbey
- The New Theatre
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Fire in the Minster
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- King Edward III and York
- Cinema Comes to York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop