Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Gold Finger Ring
- Minster Library
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Is York Cursed?
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Greyfriars
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- King Edward I and York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- A New University
- King Edward III and York
- Anglian Carving
- Church of St Olave
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Norman Abbey
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York