Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Leeman
- Ouse Bridge
- Inscription to Hecules
- Barker Tower
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Basilica
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Medieval Abbey
- A New Walk
- Water Lanes
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Norman Window Frame
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa