Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Yorkshire Museum
- Micklegate Bar
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Black Death
- York Railway Station
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Viking Coins
- The Norman House
- The York Observatory
- St Crux's Church
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Viking Boot
- The Norman Minster
- Holy Trinity Church
- Sixties York