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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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mary Ward
- Vikings and Christianity
- The George Fox Incident
- The Norman Castle
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York and the Holocaust
- Statue of Napoleon
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Constantius Chlorus
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Lendal Bridge
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Olive Oil Container
- King Edward I and York
- Scarborough Bridge
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Central Methodist Chapel