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 Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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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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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ouse Bridge
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Viking Coins
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- View from Station Rise
- Gold Finger Ring
- York Central Library
- Feeding Roman York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The New Theatre
- Fire in the Minster
- Viking Silk Cap
- Medieval Prisons
- Scarborough Bridge