Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Alcuin of York
- York Bombed
- The Medieval Minster
- The Guildhall
- Judges Lodging
- Our Lady's Row
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Vikings and Christianity
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Crest of York St John College
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Multangular Tower
- Viking Male Grooming
- The York Hoard
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Central Library