Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Middleham Jewel
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Cawood Sword
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- St William's Shrine
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- King Richard III and York
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Debtors' Prison
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Ouse Bridge
- The Female Prison
- Fire in the Minster