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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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Shopping Centres
- Fishergate Bar
- King Richard II and York
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Anglian Carving
- The 1190 Massacre
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Yorkshire Museum
- York Bombed
- York Railway Station
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Black Death
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Medieval Minster
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- St Crux's Church