Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Medieval Abbey
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The George Fox Incident
- York Central Library
- Industrial Upheaval
- York Art Gallery
- The Shambles
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- St Crux's Church
- Judges Lodging
- The Multangular Tower
- Viking Coins
- The Greyfriars
- The Black Death
- King Edward III and York