Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Victoria Bar
- The Railway Institute
- Is York Cursed?
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Debtors' Prison
- The End of the Abbey
- New Shopping Centres
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- George Leeman
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Lendal Bridge
- Stonegate
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Retreat
- The Roman Fortress
- The Norman Abbey