Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Medieval Minster
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Fire in the Minster
- Ouse Bridge
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- New Earswick
- Bootham School
- Guy Fawkes
- The Retreat
- Church of St Olave
- York Bombed
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Church of St Wilfrid