Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jubbergate
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Multangular Tower
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- King Richard II and York
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Norman Castle
- Treasurer's House
- St Crux's Church
- The Shambles
- Fire in the Minster
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Female Prison