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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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Is York Cursed?
- The Norman Castle
- New Earswick
- First World War York
- New Shopping Centres
- Military Belt Fitting
- Stonegate
- Church of St Helen
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Olive Oil Container
- The Basilica
- Vikings and Christianity
- Medieval Prisons
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Statue of the God Mars
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre