Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Dick Turpin
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Council of Arles
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Anglian Cross
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Fire in the Minster
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Norman Castle
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Walmgate Bar
- The Horn of Ulf
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Jubbergate
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York's Airfield