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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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Airfield
- York Railway Station
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Daniel Defoe's York
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- George Leeman
- Fairfax House
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- St William's Shrine
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Monk Bar
- Is York Cursed?