Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- First World War Memorial
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- A Pipkin
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Clifford's Tower
- Water Lanes
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- 62 Low Petergate
- York Garrison
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'