Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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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 Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Church of St Olave
- The 1190 Massacre
- Crest of York St John College
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Stonegate
- Roman Head Pot
- York's Airfield
- Ripon College for Women
- Mary Ward
- The Cawood Sword
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Is York Cursed?
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Lendal Tower