Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Walmgate Bar
- De Grey Rooms
- Dick Turpin
- The Red Tower
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- St Crux's Church
- The Bar Convent
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Constantius Chlorus
- Margaret Clitherow
- York Art Gallery
- Cinema Comes to York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- First World War York
- Bone Trial Piece