Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Mansion House
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- 62 Low Petergate
- Clifford's Tower
- The Greyfriars
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Roman Head Pot
- A Pipkin
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Cinema Comes to York
- The First Minster