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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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- York's Coat of Arms
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The George Fox Incident
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Jubbergate
- York Garrison
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The White Rose of York