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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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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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...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- Norman Window Frame
- The Norman Minster
- Viking Silk Cap
- Ripon College for Women
- A New Walk
- Is York Cursed?
- York Union Gas Works
- The Retreat
- Industrial Upheaval
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The First Railway Station
- Gold Finger Ring
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Stonegate
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Teaching the Poor