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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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- New Earswick
- Ouse Bridge
- Water Lanes
- York's Coat of Arms
- York Union Gas Works
- Judges Lodging
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The End of the Abbey
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Second World War York
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Bar Convent
- King's Manor - Victorian
- 62 Low Petergate