Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York Bombed
- Walmgate Bar
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Black Death
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Norman House
- The Norman Minster
- The Debtors' Prison
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Teaching the Poor
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Statue of the God Mars