Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Margaret Clitherow
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Bronze weights
- Statue of an Athlete
- Fishergate Bar
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Minster Library
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Castle Museum