Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- St Crux's Church
- The York Observatory
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Black Death
- Medieval Prisons
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Ripon College for Women
- The First Railway Station
- Alcuin of York
- A New University
- Fairfax House
- Gold Arm Ring
- Walmgate Bar
- The York Hoard
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey