Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Basilica
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- View from Station Rise
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Constantius Chlorus
- York Bombed
- Norman Window Frame
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier