Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Treasurer's House
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Horn of Ulf
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- John Carr - Architect
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Norman Window Frame
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Trams Pulled by Horses