Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The New Theatre
- The First Railway Station
- Bronze weights
- Statue of the God Mars
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Inscription to Hecules
- View from Station Rise
- Medieval Prisons
- William Etty, Artist
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Guy Fawkes
- Ripon College for Women
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Viking Sword Pommel