Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Male Grooming
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- John Carr - Architect
- A New Walk
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Shambles
- York Union Gas Works
- The White Rose of York
- Bootham Bar
- Barley Hall
- Yorkshire Museum
- Micklegate Bar
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York