Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Church of St Olave
- The Guildhall
- The Council of Arles
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Shambles
- Rebuilt in Stone
- First World War York
- The Norman Castle
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Female Prison
- The Newgate Cross Shaft