Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- Gold Finger Ring
- Judges Lodging
- Guy Fawkes
- Norman Window Frame
- Mary Ward
- The Debtors' Prison
- First World War York
- John Carr - Architect
- The Guildhall
- York and the Holocaust
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Vikings and Christianity
- Minster Library
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- St Leonard's Hospital