Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Hoard
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Shambles
- Bone Trial Piece
- Vikings and Christianity
- Cinema Comes to York
- View from Station Rise
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The New Theatre
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Norman House
- King Edward I and York
- Water Lanes
- The Debtors' Prison
- Guy Fawkes
- Alcuin of York