Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fishergate Bar
- King Richard III and York
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Medieval Castle
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Roman Fortress
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Barley Hall
- Micklegate Bar
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Teaching the Poor
- Anglian Cross
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters