Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Castle Museum
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Roman Head Pot
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Rowntree Park
- Judges Lodging
- The Norman Castle
- York's Coat of Arms
- The New Theatre
- Teaching the Poor
- The Mystery Plays
- The Multangular Tower
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Norman Window Frame
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- George Leeman
- York's first historian: Francis Drake