Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Medieval Prisons
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Walmgate Bar
- Ripon College for Women
- Micklegate Bar
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- King Edward II and York
- The Basilica
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Norman House
- The Medieval Abbey
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The First Railway Station
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Monk Bar
- Anglian Carving