Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Alcuin of York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Norman Minster
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The First Minster
- Minster Library
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- A New Walk
- New Earswick
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- King Richard III and York
- Fishergate Bar
- The York Hoard
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Glazed Medieval Jug