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 Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Earswick
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Church of St Helen
- Barley Hall
- King Edward I and York
- The Debtors' Prison
- King Richard III and York
- Bootham Bar
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Black Death
- Gold Finger Ring
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- York Art Gallery
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Crest of York St John College