Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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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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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Airfield
- Church of St Olave
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Anglian Carving
- Dick Turpin
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Mansion House
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Mystery Plays
- First World War Memorial
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Guildhall
- New Shopping Centres
- Bootham Bar