Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- View from Station Rise
- The Norman Abbey
- Cinema Comes to York
- New Shopping Centres
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Vikings and Christianity
- York Castle Museum
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- St William's Shrine
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- A Pipkin
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Fire in the Minster
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York Central Library
- The Council of Arles