Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Assembly Rooms
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- King Edward III and York
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Middleham Jewel
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- 62 Low Petergate
- Military Belt Fitting
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Jubbergate
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- New Shopping Centres
- The White Rose of York
- Bronze weights
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York in the fifteenth Century