Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Minster Library
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- St Crux's Church
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Middleham Jewel
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Our Lady's Row
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Yorkshire Museum
- A New Vision For York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The York Observatory