Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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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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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Castle
- John Carr - Architect
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Stonegate
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Walmgate Bar
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Gold Arm Ring
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- King Richard II and York
- York Bombed
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Transport Moves On
- Guy Fawkes
- The Red Tower