Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Castle
- Fire in the Minster
- The Greyfriars
- York Art Gallery
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Minster Library
- The Female Prison
- View from Station Rise
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Medieval Minster
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Black Death
- First World War York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- St William's Shrine
- Fishergate Bar
- The Cawood Sword
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church