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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The End of the Abbey
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Stonegate
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Church of St Helen
- New Earswick
- The First Minster
- The Council of Arles
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Church of St Olave
- The Medieval Abbey
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Red Tower
- Skeldergate Bridge