Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Stonegate
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Fairfax House
- The Battle of the Standard
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- York's Coat of Arms
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Rowntree Park
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Constantius Chlorus
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Ouse Bridge
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Assembly Rooms
- Viking Male Grooming
- Archbishop Scrope Executed