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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Cross
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The York Hoard
- A New University
- The Abbot's House
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- George Leeman
- The Assembly Rooms
- Viking Silk Cap
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Vikings and Christianity
- Elizabeth Boardingham