Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Alcuin of York
- Royal Station Hotel
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Abbot's House
- Ripon College for Women
- The White Rose of York
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York and the Holocaust
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Industrial Upheaval