Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Silver Strap Ends
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Daniel Defoe's York
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Bootham School
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Teaching the Poor
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Scarborough Bridge
- Bone Trial Piece
- Micklegate Bar
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Red Tower
- Vikings and Christianity
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Norman Minster