Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St William's Shrine
- Church of St Helen
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Minster Library
- First World War Memorial
- Alcuin of York
- Viking Sword Pommel
- A New Vision For York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Ouse Bridge
- The Shambles
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Margaret Clitherow
- Fairfax House
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Norman Minster
- The York Observatory