Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Yorkshire Museum
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Norman Minster
- Barker Tower
- The Female Prison
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Jubbergate
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York and the Holocaust
- Minster Library
- Ouse Bridge
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Red Tower
- York St John in the 20th Century
- York's Airfield