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 Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Earswick
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Cinema Comes to York
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Bootham School
- Statue of Napoleon
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Viking Male Grooming
- Bronze weights
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- A Pipkin
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Railway Institute
- York Garrison