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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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Helmet
- York Railway Station
- Bootham Bar
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- William Etty, Artist
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Dick Turpin
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bootham School
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Debtors' Prison
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Crest of York St John College
- Fire in the Minster
- Walmgate Bar
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Church of St Olave