Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Cawood Sword
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Shambles
- The Roman Fortress
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Military Belt Fitting
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Yorkshire Museum
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Norman House
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Red Tower
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Mary Ward
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Ripon College for Women
- Holy Trinity Church