Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Roman Head Pot
- The Debtors' Prison
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- First World War Memorial
- Mary Ward
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Norman Castle
- Walmgate Bar
- William Etty, Artist
- All Saints Church, North Street
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Norman Minster
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Minster after the Reformation