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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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Constantius Chlorus
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Sixties York
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Aldwark Synagogue
- King Edward II and York
- Military Belt Fitting
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- George Leeman
- York Central Library