Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mystery Plays
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Ouse Bridge
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Mary Ward
- York Railway Station
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Black Death
- The Battle of the Standard
- Sixties York
- Holy Trinity Church
- Anglian Cross
- York's first historian: Francis Drake