Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Leeman
- Roman Head Pot
- The Mystery Plays
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Sixties York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Olive Oil Container
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- First World War Memorial
- The Horn of Ulf
- St William's Shrine
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- King Richard III and York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa