Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Judges Lodging
- Treasurer's House
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Middleham Jewel
- Yorkshire Museum
- Anglian Carving
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Sixties York
- The Hospitium
- The York Observatory
- Margaret Clitherow
- Royal Station Hotel
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Roman Fortress
- The Basilica