Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- Walmgate Bar
- The Red Tower
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Railway Institute
- New Shopping Centres
- Industrial Upheaval
- King Richard II and York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The County Court House
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The 1190 Massacre
- Gold Finger Ring
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Norman Abbey
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway