Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bronze weights
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The George Fox Incident
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Barker Tower
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The New Theatre
- Ouse Bridge
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Norman Abbey