Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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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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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Boot
- King Edward II and York
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Middleham Jewel
- Inscription to Hecules
- York and the Holocaust
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Retreat
- Walmgate Bar
- Skeldergate Bridge
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York Central Library
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Transport Moves On
- Bootham School