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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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Council of Arles
- The Red Tower
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Medieval Minster
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Margaret Clitherow
- King Richard III and York
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Royal Station Hotel