Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Airfield
- Lendal Bridge
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York Railway Station
- The End of the Abbey
- The Medieval Minster
- Water Lanes
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The York Observatory
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Shambles
- The Assembly Rooms
- Feeding Roman York
- Scarborough Bridge
- Walmgate Bar