Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Margaret Clitherow
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The New Theatre
- A New Vision For York
- The Shambles
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Anglian Carving
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Norman Window Frame
- Middleham Jewel
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- New Earswick
- The Medieval Minster