Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Greyfriars
- The First Railway Station
- Transport Moves On
- Barley Hall
- The End of the Abbey
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- New Earswick
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- George Leeman
- The First Minster
- Fairfax House
- Margaret Clitherow
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The George Fox Incident