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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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Mansion House
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Bar Convent
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- De Grey Rooms
- The Basilica
- The Female Prison
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Norman Abbey
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York Garrison
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Castle Museum
- The Railway Institute
- York's Coat of Arms