Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Retreat
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Holy Trinity Church
- A New University
- York Bombed
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- A New Walk
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Medieval Abbey
- Rebuilt in Stone
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Silver Strap Ends
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Scarborough Bridge
- Monk Bar
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Pilgrimage of Grace