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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Viking Boot
- Statue of an Athlete
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Cinema Comes to York
- Fishergate Bar
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Medieval Abbey
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Judges Lodging
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Hospitium
- The Shambles
- York Union Gas Works
- De Grey Rooms
- The Bar Convent
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle