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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Stonegate
- St Crux's Church
- Victoria Bar
- View from Station Rise
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Bootham Bar
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Greyfriars
- The Shambles
- Holy Trinity Church
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The George Fox Incident
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Assembly Rooms
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier