Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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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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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Second World War York
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Battle of the Standard
- York Garrison
- The Norman Abbey
- The Black Death
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- King Richard II and York
- De Grey Rooms
- Church of St Helen
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- First World War Memorial
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Medieval Abbey
- A Pipkin
- The Medieval Minster
- The Battle of Marston Moor