Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mary Ward
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The New Theatre
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Teaching the Poor
- Is York Cursed?
- William Etty, Artist
- Middleham Jewel
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York Union Gas Works
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York Castle Museum
- The York Hoard
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Fairfax House