Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New University
- Fire in the Minster
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Lendal Bridge
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Alcuin of York
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The First Minster
- Fairfax House
- First World War Memorial
- Second World War York
- The York Hoard
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York and the Holocaust
- Micklegate Bar
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Female Prison