Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- New Earswick
- Anglian Cross
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Shambles
- Cinema Comes to York
- York's Coat of Arms
- First World War York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Cawood Sword
- A Pipkin
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Hospitium