Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Holy Trinity Church
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Royal Station Hotel
- De Grey Rooms
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Mansion House
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York and the Holocaust
- First World War Memorial
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The York Hoard
- Our Lady's Row
- The New Theatre
- Fire in the Minster
- Church of St Helen
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church