Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard III and York
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Norman Window Frame
- Bootham School
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Sixties York
- The Mystery Plays
- Barker Tower
- Mary Ward
- Teaching the Poor
- Feeding Roman York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Alcuin of York
- Industrial Upheaval
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Fire in the Minster
- Artists, Writers and Scientists