Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Silver Strap Ends
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The County Court House
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Inscription to Hecules
- The White Rose of York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Gold Arm Ring
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Statue of the God Mars
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- De Grey Rooms