Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Walmgate Bar
- Margaret Clitherow
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- New Shopping Centres
- Teaching the Poor
- Jubbergate
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The White Rose of York
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Statue of Napoleon
- Ouse Bridge
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Norman House