Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Second World War York
- Stonegate
- Monk Bar
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The First Minster
- Military Belt Fitting
- York Castle Museum
- Treasurer's House
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Medieval Abbey
- Minster Library
- The Black Death
- York and the Holocaust