Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Transport Moves On
- Minster Library
- The York Observatory
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- York's Airfield
- Micklegate Bar
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Church of St Olave
- Margaret Clitherow
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Anglian Cross
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries