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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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- William Etty, Artist
- Guy Fawkes
- Our Lady's Row
- Minster Library
- The Hospitium
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Retreat
- Cinema Comes to York
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- St Crux's Church
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Basilica
- Viking Silk Cap