Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Military Belt Fitting
- Anglian Cross
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Council of Arles
- Constantius Chlorus
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Roman Head Pot
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The White Rose of York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The County Court House
- Mary Ward
- The Hospitium
- Viking Silk Cap
- A New Vision For York
- Fire in the Minster