Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Female Prison
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York's Airfield
- Vikings and Christianity
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Is York Cursed?
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Medieval Prisons
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The George Fox Incident
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart