Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Norman House
- York's Airfield
- The Council of Arles
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Dick Turpin
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Medieval Castle
- York Garrison
- Water Lanes
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Battle of the Standard
- St Martin Le Grand Church