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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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Mithras and Arimanius
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Bar Convent
- Fishergate Bar
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The York Observatory
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Guy Fawkes
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Alcuin of York
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Norman Castle
- The Black Death
- Micklegate Bar