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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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The White Rose of York
- The George Fox Incident
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- 62 Low Petergate
- The End of the Abbey
- Clifford's Tower
- Alcuin of York
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York's Airfield
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Minster after the Reformation