Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Scarborough Bridge
- Anglian Cross
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Bootham School
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Yorkshire Museum
- York Garrison
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Greyfriars
- Alcuin of York
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Ouse Bridge
- King Richard III and York
- A Pipkin