Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- De Grey Rooms
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The First Minster
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The York Helmet
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Battle of the Standard
- George Leeman
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- First World War Memorial
- Military Belt Fitting
- New Shopping Centres
- Mary Ward
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector