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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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York's Airfield
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- York and the Holocaust
- Micklegate Bar
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Mansion House
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Judges Lodging
- Church of St Olave
- The Shambles
- Constantius Chlorus
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Medieval Abbey