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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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Middleham Jewel
- King's Manor - Victorian
- York and the Holocaust
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Medieval Prisons
- Bronze weights
- Fishergate Bar
- King Edward I and York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York Art Gallery
- Fairfax House
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Teaching the Poor
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Abbot's House