Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Crest of York St John College
- Ripon College for Women
- York Castle Museum
- Church of St Helen
- The Guildhall
- York's Airfield
- The York Hoard
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Industrial Upheaval
- The First Railway Station
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York Union Gas Works
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Shambles
- The Mansion House
- The Black Death