Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Shopping Centres
- The Railway Institute
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Victoria Bar
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Judges Lodging
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Mary Ward
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Bronze weights
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Barley Hall
- View from Station Rise