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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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward III and York
- The Assembly Rooms
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The 1190 Massacre
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The First Minster
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Medieval Castle
- Roman Head Pot
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Jubbergate
- Inscription to Hecules
- Bronze weights
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- George Leeman
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)