Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- New Shopping Centres
- The First Railway Station
- King Richard II and York
- The Red Tower
- New Earswick
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Inscription to Hecules
- Fishergate Bar
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Norman Window Frame
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- View from Station Rise
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Anglian Carving