Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- Treasurer's House
- The New Theatre
- The Bar Convent
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Norman House
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York Art Gallery
- The Retreat
- Ripon College for Women
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Military Belt Fitting
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Second World War York
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Hospitium