Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Micklegate Bar
- York and the Holocaust
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Vikings and Christianity
- Mary Ward
- Barker Tower
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Viking Male Grooming
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bootham Bar
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Railway Institute
- Minster Library
- Barley Hall
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Water Lanes