Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham School
- Roman Head Pot
- Feeding Roman York
- Gold Arm Ring
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- A Pipkin
- Rowntree Park
- York Railway Station
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- John Carr - Architect
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Abbot's House
- Jubbergate
- Monk Bar
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Norman House