Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- View from Station Rise
- The First Railway Station
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York St John in the 20th Century
- St William's Shrine
- The York Helmet
- Church of St Olave
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Ouse Bridge
- The York Hoard
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The First Minster
- Silver Strap Ends
- The New Theatre
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Elizabeth Boardingham