Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Holocaust
- Bronze weights
- York Railway Station
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Second World War York
- York Union Gas Works
- The Medieval Abbey
- Scarborough Bridge
- Teaching the Poor
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Alcuin of York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Bar Convent
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Norman Abbey
- Vale of York Viking Hoard