Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman House
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Middleham Jewel
- The New Theatre
- The Guildhall
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Viking Silk Cap
- New Shopping Centres
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Fire in the Minster
- Church of St Wilfrid
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Ripon College for Women
- Scarborough Bridge
- Bootham School
- York and the Holocaust
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York