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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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The County Court House
- Viking Coins
- The George Fox Incident
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Medieval Prisons
- St Crux's Church
- The York Helmet
- The Norman Abbey
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Norman House
- Barker Tower
- Micklegate Bar
- Jewbury Cemetery