Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Guy Fawkes
- York and the Holocaust
- A Pipkin
- The Female Prison
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Mary Ward
- Cinema Comes to York
- George Leeman
- York's Coat of Arms
- King Edward III and York
- York Garrison
- A New University
- Sixties York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The New Theatre
- Bootham School