Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The York Helmet
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Basilica
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Lendal Tower
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Bar Convent
- Barker Tower
- Royal Station Hotel
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Bootham School
- The Guildhall
- The Council of Arles
- Olive Oil Container
- York and the Holocaust