Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Scarborough Bridge
- Gold Finger Ring
- King Edward I and York
- Micklegate Bar
- The Greyfriars
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Ouse Bridge
- Water Lanes
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Feeding Roman York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Judges Lodging
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Vikings and Christianity
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- First World War Memorial
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Viking Male Grooming