Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York and the Holocaust
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Military Belt Fitting
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Anglian Carving
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Ouse Bridge
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Medieval Castle
- Our Lady's Row
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Red Tower
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York