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 Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fishergate Bar
- The County Court House
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Cawood Sword
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Bootham Bar
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Barley Hall
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Norman Abbey
- The End of the Abbey
- Monk Bar
- John Carr - Architect
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels