Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Church of St Olave
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- 62 Low Petergate
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Greyfriars
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Cawood Sword
- The First Minster
- The Medieval Minster
- Crest of York St John College
- The Black Death
- Walmgate Bar
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom