Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Holocaust
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- De Grey Rooms
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Red Tower
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- George Leeman
- Fire in the Minster
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Bootham School
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Rowntree Park
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa