Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jubbergate
- Royal Station Hotel
- New Earswick
- The County Court House
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Roman Head Pot
- Stonegate
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Greyfriars
- A New Walk
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning