Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- York Railway Station
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Mansion House
- Industrial Upheaval
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Female Prison
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Red Tower
- The York Hoard
- Middleham Jewel
- Vikings and Christianity
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries