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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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Treasurer's House
- Teaching the Poor
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- A Pipkin
- The First Minster
- A New Vision For York
- Water Lanes
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York St John in the 20th Century
- William Etty, Artist
- King Edward I and York
- Royal Station Hotel
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York and the Holocaust
- The Medieval Castle