Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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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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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Fishergate Bar
- Bone Trial Piece
- Micklegate Bar
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The York Helmet
- Guy Fawkes
- York Railway Station
- William Etty, Artist
- Norman Window Frame
- Jubbergate
- The Shambles
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Alcuin of York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- De Grey Rooms