Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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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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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Margaret Clitherow
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The York Helmet
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Military Belt Fitting
- Bronze weights
- Yorkshire Museum
- The White Rose of York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York and the Holocaust
- Guy Fawkes
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- York Garrison
- The Norman Minster
- The Railway King: George Hudson