Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Bootham School
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Alcuin of York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Margaret Clitherow
- First World War Memorial
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Transport Moves On
- Ouse Bridge
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Silver Strap Ends
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- King's Manor - Victorian