Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Earswick
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- De Grey Rooms
- York Central Library
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Viking Coins
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Abbot's House
- The First Railway Station
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- First World War Memorial
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Teaching the Poor
- The Hospitium
- Church of St Helen
- New Shopping Centres