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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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- A New University
- William Etty, Artist
- Yorkshire Museum
- Anglian Carving
- The York Observatory
- Mary Ward
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Judges Lodging
- The Norman Castle
- The County Court House
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- 62 Low Petergate
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Debtors' Prison
- York's Coat of Arms
- Church of St Helen