Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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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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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Bone Trial Piece
- Monk Bar
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Shambles
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The York Helmet
- York and the Holocaust
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Sixties York
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The End of the Abbey
- King Richard III and York
- A Pipkin
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Roman Chimney Pot
- All Saints Church, North Street