Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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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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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Roman Fortress
- Crest of York St John College
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York and the Holocaust
- Alcuin of York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- William Etty, Artist
- York Castle Museum
- Middleham Jewel
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York's Airfield
- The New Theatre
- The Abbot's House
- The Black Death