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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor - Victorian
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- De Grey Rooms
- Bootham School
- Church of St Olave
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Teaching the Poor
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Gold Arm Ring
- Industrial Upheaval