Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Assembly Rooms
- Church of St Olave
- Medieval Prisons
- The New Theatre
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Guildhall
- Bootham Bar
- York Union Gas Works
- The Debtors' Prison
- Fire in the Minster
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Norman House
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- New Shopping Centres