Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Castle
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The First Minster
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Roman Fortress
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Anglian Carving
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Ripon College for Women
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Fire in the Minster
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom