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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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Black Death
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Dick Turpin
- St William's Shrine
- St Crux's Church
- First World War York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Barley Hall
- Church of St Helen
- The Red Tower
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Horn of Ulf
- Statue of Napoleon
- Bronze weights
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Anglian Carving