Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mansion House
- Church of St Helen
- Margaret Clitherow
- The First Railway Station
- Stonegate
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Vikings and Christianity
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Ripon College for Women
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Walmgate Bar
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Medieval Castle
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Dick Turpin
- Victoria Bar
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse