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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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Council of Arles
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The White Rose of York
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The New Theatre
- Viking Boot
- King Edward II and York
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York and the Holocaust
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Gold Finger Ring
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Medieval Minster
- Barker Tower
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street