Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway Institute
- The Debtors' Prison
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Guildhall
- The Shambles
- Bootham Bar
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Viking Boot
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Statue of Napoleon
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Medieval Prisons
- Constantius Chlorus
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- De Grey Rooms
- The Victorian Prison Building