Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Bone Trial Piece
- John Carr - Architect
- Bootham Bar
- York Central Library
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Constantius Chlorus
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Judges Lodging
- The Medieval Abbey
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Greyfriars
- King's Manor - Victorian
- A New University
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Shambles
- Archbishop Scrope Executed