Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Sixties York
- First World War York
- King Edward III and York
- Micklegate Bar
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Mansion House
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Debtors' Prison
- Treasurer's House
- The First Minster
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Statue of the God Mars
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Middleham Jewel