Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Victoria Bar
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- King Edward I and York
- Monk Bar
- Water Lanes
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Lendal Tower
- Second World War York
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse