Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Clifford's Tower
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Norman House
- Norman Window Frame
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Norman Minster
- King Edward III and York
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- A New University
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The End of the Abbey
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Our Lady's Row