Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Red Tower
- A New University
- The Assembly Rooms
- Fire in the Minster
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Clifford's Tower
- Stonegate
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Mary Ward
- The Mansion House
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Ouse Bridge
- The First Minster
- The Debtors' Prison