Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Middleham Jewel
- The George Fox Incident
- York Union Gas Works
- Second World War York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Anglian Cross
- Feeding Roman York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Shambles
- Bronze weights
- Stonegate
- Is York Cursed?
- Industrial Upheaval
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Battle of the Standard
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street