Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Industrial Upheaval
- A Pipkin
- The Mystery Plays
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Cawood Sword
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Military Belt Fitting
- Bone Trial Piece
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Multangular Tower
- King's Manor - Victorian