Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Mithras and Arimanius
- York Railway Station
- George Leeman
- The Cawood Sword
- Second World War York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- King Edward I and York
- King Richard II and York
- Viking Silk Cap
- Transport Moves On
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Hospitium
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Assembly Rooms
- Industrial Upheaval