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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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Council of Arles
- Walmgate Bar
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Female Prison
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Viking Boot
- York Art Gallery
- The First Railway Station
- Minster Library
- The Basilica
- King Edward III and York
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Margaret Clitherow
- First World War York
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- A New University
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Industrial Upheaval