Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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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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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Second World War York
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Shambles
- Inscription to Hecules
- A New Walk
- Viking Silk Cap
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Statue of Napoleon
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Barley Hall
- First World War Memorial
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Norman Abbey
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Minster in the 19th Century