Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Abbey
- York Bombed
- The First Railway Station
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Ripon College for Women
- Fairfax House
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The George Fox Incident
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Bootham Bar
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Abbot's House
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The York Observatory
- View from Station Rise
- Industrial Upheaval