Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Hospitium
- Alcuin of York
- The Medieval Minster
- The First Railway Station
- Roman Chimney Pot
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- King Richard III and York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- St William's Shrine