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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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Silver Strap Ends
- Fire in the Minster
- Ouse Bridge
- The Red Tower
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- A Pipkin
- Fairfax House
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Industrial Upheaval
- Dick Turpin
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York Union Gas Works
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers