Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- First World War Memorial
- Guy Fawkes
- The Red Tower
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Royal Station Hotel
- A New Vision For York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Greyfriars
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Anglian Cross
- 62 Low Petergate
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Bar Convent