Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Medieval Prisons
- Anglian Cross
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Norman Castle
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Shambles
- The Roman Fortress
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Viking Male Grooming
- Judges Lodging
- Barley Hall
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Inside the Roman Fortress