Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Silver Strap Ends
- York Castle Museum
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Viking Coins
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- New Shopping Centres
- The George Fox Incident
- The Multangular Tower
- Bootham Bar
- Walmgate Bar
- The First Railway Station
- York Railway Station
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Medieval Prisons
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop