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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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Abbey
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Mary Ward
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- St Crux's Church
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Victoria Bar
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Black Death
- The Battle of the Standard
- Barker Tower
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Basilica
- The Mystery Plays
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Minster after the Reformation