Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- View from Station Rise
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Bar Convent
- Gold Finger Ring
- York Castle Museum
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Vikings and Christianity
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Alcuin of York
- The Medieval Castle
- Viking Boot
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries