Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Fishergate Bar
- Transport Moves On
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Judges Lodging
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Union Gas Works
- A Pipkin
- The 1190 Massacre
- Bootham Bar
- The New Theatre
- Minster Library
- Medieval Prisons
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York Railway Station
- Gold Arm Ring