Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Silver Strap Ends
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Church of St Helen
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Judges Lodging
- York Union Gas Works
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Gold Arm Ring
- Dick Turpin
- York Central Library
- York Art Gallery
- Gold Finger Ring
- The First Minster