Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Cawood Sword
- York Central Library
- De Grey Rooms
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Constantius Chlorus
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Female Prison
- The Norman Castle
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Ouse Bridge
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Greyfriars
- Medieval Prisons
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- St William's Shrine
- Gold Finger Ring
- Second World War York
- Industrial Upheaval