Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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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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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- Viking Boot
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Hospitium
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Mystery Plays
- The First Minster
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Yorkshire Museum