Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Micklegate Bar
- York Central Library
- The York Helmet
- The Red Tower
- Military Belt Fitting
- Church of St Helen
- View from Station Rise
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Clifford's Tower
- Statue of Napoleon
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Mystery Plays
- The 1190 Massacre
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Crest of York St John College
- King Edward II and York