Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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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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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Tower
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Church of St Olave
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Sixties York
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Guy Fawkes
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Barley Hall
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- First World War York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions