Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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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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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Bootham School
- Gold Finger Ring
- Our Lady's Row
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- 62 Low Petergate
- York Union Gas Works
- The Norman Abbey
- The Black Death
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York Bombed
- Scarborough Bridge
- The First Railway Station
- Feeding Roman York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York Railway Station
- The Horn of Ulf