Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- King Edward II and York
- Scarborough Bridge
- A Pipkin
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Judges Lodging
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Silver Strap Ends
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The York Hoard
- Anglian Carving
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Fire in the Minster
- The Basilica
- The Guildhall