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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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Norman Castle
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Church of St Olave
- Our Lady's Row
- Water Lanes
- Mithras and Arimanius
- New Shopping Centres
- Anglian Cross
- The Council of Arles
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Lendal Bridge
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- A New Walk
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church