Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Bar
- A New Walk
- Rowntree Park
- Jubbergate
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Retreat
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Victoria Bar
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Anglian Carving
- York's Airfield
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Bronze weights
- Statue of the God Mars
- New Earswick
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions