Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The End of the Abbey
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Greyfriars
- Statue of an Athlete
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York Railway Station
- Bootham Bar
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Walmgate Bar
- York Union Gas Works
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The White Rose of York
- Bone Trial Piece