Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Feeding Roman York
- Micklegate Bar
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Teaching the Poor
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Viking Male Grooming
- Second World War York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Horn of Ulf
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Mystery Plays
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Black Death
- Water Lanes