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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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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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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Arm Ring
- The First Minster
- Minster Library
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- View from Station Rise
- Inscription to Hecules
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Mystery Plays
- A New University
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Walmgate Bar
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy