Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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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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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Dick Turpin
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Bootham Bar
- The York Observatory
- First World War York
- The George Fox Incident
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Viking Male Grooming
- Church of St Olave
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York's Coat of Arms
- Scarborough Bridge
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Ouse Bridge
- Lendal Tower
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Olive Oil Container