Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Jubbergate
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Industrial Upheaval
- A Pipkin
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Fairfax House
- York Bombed
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Church of St Wilfrid
- New Earswick
- The Greyfriars
- The Black Death
- King Richard II and York
- The Abbot's House
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart