Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Abbot's House
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Debtors' Prison
- Inscription to Hecules
- Medieval Prisons
- Bronze weights
- First World War York
- The Cawood Sword
- Barker Tower
- Bootham Bar
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- New Shopping Centres
- Anglian Carving
- York's Coat of Arms
- York Garrison
- York Union Gas Works
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head