Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The New Theatre
- The Medieval Abbey
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Guildhall
- Crest of York St John College
- St William's Shrine
- Olive Oil Container
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Abbot's House
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Ripon College for Women
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Norman Abbey
- Mary Ward
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers