Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Gold Finger Ring
- Minster Library
- The End of the Abbey
- King Edward I and York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Norman Minster
- The Multangular Tower
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Fire in the Minster
- Gold Arm Ring
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Bronze weights
- Treasurer's House
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector