Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Sixties York
- St William's Shrine
- Our Lady's Row
- Viking Coins
- The Roman Fortress
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Medieval Abbey
- Military Belt Fitting
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York Railway Station
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Fishergate Bar
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Minster Library
- Stonegate
- View from Station Rise