Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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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 Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Carving
- A Pipkin
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Railway Institute
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Greyfriars
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Bootham Bar
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Guildhall
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Statue of an Athlete