Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- Military Belt Fitting
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Mary Ward
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The End of the Abbey
- A Pipkin
- York Railway Station
- The Female Prison
- Victoria Bar
- The Cawood Sword
- York Central Library
- New Earswick
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- York's Coat of Arms
- York Art Gallery
- Hair of a Roman Girl