Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War York
- Statue of the God Mars
- King Richard II and York
- The Black Death
- King Edward I and York
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The York Observatory
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Medieval Castle
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Inscription to Hecules
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Alcuin of York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Sixties York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers