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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Gold Finger Ring
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The George Fox Incident
- Is York Cursed?
- Rowntree Park
- York's Coat of Arms
- Holy Trinity Church
- Norman Window Frame
- The Battle of the Standard
- Mary Ward
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Fairfax House
- All Saints Church, North Street