Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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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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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Assembly Rooms
- Royal Station Hotel
- York Garrison
- Our Lady's Row
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The York Helmet
- Stonegate
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- A Pipkin
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Yorkshire Museum
- Inscription to Hecules
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity