Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Hoard
- Is York Cursed?
- The Railway Institute
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Guy Fawkes
- The Assembly Rooms
- Roman Head Pot
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Anglian Cross
- Bootham School
- A New University
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Viking Coins
- Barley Hall
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Medieval Chamber Pot