Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A Pipkin
- The Norman Minster
- The First Railway Station
- York's Coat of Arms
- Anglian Cross
- Yorkshire Museum
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The 1190 Massacre
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The George Fox Incident
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Bootham School
- York's Airfield
- Teaching the Poor
- Clifford's Tower
- Viking Male Grooming
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- St Martin Le Grand Church