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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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Our Lady's Row
- The First Minster
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bronze weights
- The Medieval Minster
- Sixties York
- Viking Silk Cap
- King Richard III and York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Crest of York St John College
- Anglian Carving
- York Art Gallery