Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- Walmgate Bar
- Bootham School
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Medieval Abbey
- The New Theatre
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York St John in the 20th Century
- York Bombed
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Minster Library
- Vikings and Christianity
- Guy Fawkes
- A New Vision For York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)