Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Silver Strap Ends
- Bronze weights
- York's Coat of Arms
- View from Station Rise
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The White Rose of York
- York Castle Museum
- Walmgate Bar
- The Female Prison
- The York Observatory
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Basilica
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York