Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Silver Strap Ends
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- King Edward III and York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Feeding Roman York
- The Railway Institute
- The Norman House
- The Bar Convent
- The George Fox Incident
- The End of the Abbey
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Greyfriars
- Barley Hall