Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mary Ward
- The New Theatre
- The Bar Convent
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Medieval Castle
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The First Railway Station
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Olive Oil Container
- The Hospitium
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Constantius Chlorus
- The George Fox Incident
- The York Observatory
- York Castle Museum
- York in the fifteenth Century