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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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Middleham Jewel
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Fishergate Bar
- The Retreat
- Medieval Prisons
- The Female Prison
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Viking Silk Cap
- The York Hoard
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Guildhall
- The End of the Abbey
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York Union Gas Works
- St William's Shrine
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Multangular Tower
- Inscription from Fortress Gate