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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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Viking Coins
- The Railway Institute
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Alcuin of York
- Our Lady's Row
- The White Rose of York
- York Union Gas Works
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Debtors' Prison
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Norman Castle
- York's Airfield
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Constantius Chlorus