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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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward II and York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The York Observatory
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Minster in Viking Times
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Central Methodist Chapel
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The County Court House
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Basilica
- Inscription to Hecules
- King Edward III and York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries