Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Holy Trinity Church
- A Pipkin
- Treasurer's House
- The York Observatory
- York Bombed
- The Cawood Sword
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- St William's Shrine
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Crest of York St John College
- The Norman Castle
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Shambles
- Ripon College for Women
- The Female Prison
- York and the Holocaust
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Red Tower