Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A Pipkin
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- King Edward II and York
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Norman Window Frame
- The Cawood Sword
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Multangular Tower
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York Castle Museum
- Ripon College for Women