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 Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Retreat
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Stonegate
- A New Walk
- York Bombed
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- John Carr - Architect
- The Norman Minster
- York Central Library
- Bronze weights
- Barley Hall
- Is York Cursed?
- The York Hoard
- Bootham School
- Constantius Chlorus
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Minster in the 19th Century