Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The First Minster
- Cinema Comes to York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Assembly Rooms
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Silver Strap Ends
- Guy Fawkes
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- A New Vision For York
- The Hospitium
- Ripon College for Women