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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Micklegate Bar
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Lendal Tower
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The First Railway Station
- St William's Shrine
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Norman Castle
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Crest of York St John College
- Rowntree Park
- Silver Strap Ends