Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- Anglian Cross
- The Debtors' Prison
- The New Theatre
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Inscription to Hecules
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Norman Window Frame
- Clifford's Tower
- Stonegate
- Viking Silk Cap
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- 62 Low Petergate
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Guildhall
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey