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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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Monk Bar
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Norman Abbey
- Alcuin of York
- Walmgate Bar
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Guy Fawkes
- The Medieval Castle
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Ouse Bridge
- King Edward I and York
- York's Coat of Arms
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Teaching the Poor
- Mary Ward
- York and the Holocaust
- Second World War York