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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Treasurer's House
- York Central Library
- The Guildhall
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- A Pipkin
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Gold Arm Ring
- Church of St Olave
- The Basilica
- Industrial Upheaval
- Guy Fawkes
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Lendal Tower
- Barker Tower
- Feeding Roman York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Bone Trial Piece
- The End of the Abbey