Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Council of Arles
- Guy Fawkes
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Sixties York
- Industrial Upheaval
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Treasurer's House
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Female Prison
- Minster Library
- The County Court House
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The George Fox Incident