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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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Railway Station
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Bronze weights
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York Art Gallery
- New Shopping Centres
- Viking Boot
- The York Helmet
- Inscription to Hecules
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'