Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New University
- New Earswick
- The County Court House
- Ripon College for Women
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Retreat
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York Central Library
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Norman Minster
- The Bar Convent
- York and the Holocaust
- Walmgate Bar
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Greyfriars
- Rowntree Park