Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Bootham Bar
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Our Lady's Row
- The Council of Arles
- Water Lanes
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The York Helmet
- Viking Silk Cap
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Church of St Olave
- The Roman Fortress
- York's Coat of Arms
- King Richard III and York