Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Gold Arm Ring
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Ripon College for Women
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- John Carr - Architect
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York Union Gas Works
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Monk Bar
- York in the fifteenth Century