Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- St Crux's Church
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Statue of Napoleon
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Abbot's House
- Military Belt Fitting
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Norman Castle
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Medieval Castle
- Gold Finger Ring