Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- King Richard III and York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Teaching the Poor
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Second World War York
- Anglian Cross
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- St William's Shrine
- Monk Bar
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Railway Institute
- Sixties York
- Statue of the God Mars