Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Castle
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Scarborough Bridge
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Fairfax House
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Guy Fawkes
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Dick Turpin
- Mithras and Arimanius
- King Richard III and York
- The Mystery Plays
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Viking Boot
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa