Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- A New University
- George Leeman
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Yorkshire Museum
- York and the Holocaust
- Anglian Carving
- Alcuin of York
- Gold Arm Ring
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Roman Fortress
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The First Minster