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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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- William Etty, Artist
- York Bombed
- Viking Coins
- The Railway Institute
- Minster Library
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- King Edward I and York
- Middleham Jewel
- Statue of Napoleon
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The White Rose of York
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Judges Lodging
- The Greyfriars
- Feeding Roman York