Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Clifford's Tower
- William Etty, Artist
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The First Minster
- Mary Ward
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York and the Holocaust
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Bar Convent
- The Greyfriars
- The Council of Arles
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector