Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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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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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- York Central Library
- Victoria Bar
- The Black Death
- Sixties York
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Mystery Plays
- The Medieval Castle
- Barker Tower
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Yorkshire Museum
- First World War Memorial
- Teaching the Poor
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Fairfax House