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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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Coat of Arms
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Norman Abbey
- Bone Trial Piece
- Crest of York St John College
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York Art Gallery
- Anglian Carving
- Victoria Bar
- The York Hoard
- Vikings and Christianity
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Holy Trinity Church
- Yorkshire Museum
- Military Belt Fitting
- St Crux's Church
- York St John in the 20th Century