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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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Barley Hall
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The First Minster
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Assembly Rooms
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Sixties York
- Aldwark Synagogue
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Retreat
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- King Richard III and York
- The Norman House