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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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jubbergate
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Water Lanes
- New Earswick
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Statue of the God Mars
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Rowntree Park
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Medieval Prisons
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Anglian Carving
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The White Rose of York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Greyfriars
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries