Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- Victoria Bar
- John Carr - Architect
- The Multangular Tower
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Amber Bead Workshop
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Alcuin of York
- Crest of York St John College
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Statue of the God Mars
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The George Fox Incident
- Bootham School
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Cinema Comes to York
- Ouse Bridge
- The Assembly Rooms