Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Hospitium
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- George Leeman
- The York Observatory
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Our Lady's Row
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Anglian Carving
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The First Minster
- The Shambles
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Church of St Wilfrid
- A Pipkin
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'