Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- York Garrison
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Barley Hall
- Church of St Helen
- William Etty, Artist
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Lendal Tower
- The Guildhall
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Shambles
- De Grey Rooms
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate