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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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of the God Mars
- Royal Station Hotel
- St William's Shrine
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Mary Ward
- Teaching the Poor
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Hospitium
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York and the Holocaust
- Stonegate
- Church of St Olave
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Anglian Cross
- Ripon College for Women
- The Victorian Prison Building