Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Scarborough Bridge
- George Leeman
- First World War Memorial
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Bootham Bar
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Basilica
- The Assembly Rooms
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Bronze weights
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Crest of York St John College
- King Richard II and York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York's Medieval Synagogue