Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward III and York
- Viking Coins
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The York Helmet
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- William Etty, Artist
- York Garrison
- Statue of an Athlete
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Multangular Tower
- Monk Bar
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Minster Library
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York