Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Holocaust
- The End of the Abbey
- The County Court House
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Railway Institute
- Ouse Bridge
- King Edward I and York
- Church of St Helen
- The George Fox Incident
- Anglian Carving
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Water Lanes
- York's Coat of Arms
- Bronze weights
- A New Walk
- The First Railway Station
- The Basilica