Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Victoria Bar
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Assembly Rooms
- First World War York
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Holy Trinity Church
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Bone Trial Piece
- Stonegate
- York Garrison
- King Richard III and York
- Margaret Clitherow
- The York Observatory