Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York Bombed
- Alcuin of York
- The Multangular Tower
- The County Court House
- Fishergate Bar
- The Retreat
- Second World War York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Jubbergate
- The Female Prison
- Inscription to Hecules
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Hospitium
- St Crux's Church
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector