Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward II and York
- King Edward I and York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York and the Holocaust
- King's Manor - Victorian
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Is York Cursed?
- Vikings and Christianity
- York Castle Museum
- The Medieval Minster
- The Guildhall
- Sixties York
- Constantius Chlorus
- Anglian Carving
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Yorkshire Museum
- Dick Turpin