Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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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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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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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.
- Mary Ward
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Sixties York
- Bootham Bar
- Fairfax House
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Ouse Bridge
- First World War Memorial
- Royal Station Hotel
- Stonegate
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York and the Holocaust
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Crest of York St John College
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Assembly Rooms
- New Earswick
- The York Helmet