Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- First World War York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Statue of the God Mars
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Cawood Sword
- Industrial Upheaval
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Medieval Minster
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant