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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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Micklegate Bar
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Lendal Bridge
- The Bar Convent
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York Union Gas Works
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Fishergate Bar
- King Edward I and York
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Victoria Bar
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Anglian Cross
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway