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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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Norman Window Frame
- The Basilica
- York in the fifteenth Century
- A New University
- George Leeman
- Ripon College for Women
- Church of St Helen
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Black Death
- The Cawood Sword
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York's Airfield
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Dick Turpin
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The County Court House