Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Treasurer's House
- William Etty, Artist
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York Castle Museum
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Monk Bar
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Sixties York
- De Grey Rooms
- The Greyfriars
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- George Leeman
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The County Court House
- Royal Station Hotel