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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Finger Ring
- York's Coat of Arms
- Ripon College for Women
- Bone Trial Piece
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Our Lady's Row
- King Edward I and York
- Micklegate Bar
- Judges Lodging
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Fishergate Bar
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Anglian Cross
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- First World War York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Battle of Marston Moor