Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Gold Arm Ring
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Battle of the Standard
- Crest of York St John College
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Mansion House
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Ripon College for Women
- The Bar Convent
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Anglian Carving
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'