Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Mystery Plays
- Bootham Bar
- New Earswick
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Medieval Prisons
- The Multangular Tower
- The Horn of Ulf
- Vikings and Christianity
- Crest of York St John College
- The Norman Abbey
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Norman Minster
- The Medieval Castle