Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- York Bombed
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Railway Institute
- The County Court House
- Our Lady's Row
- Statue of an Athlete
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Multangular Tower