Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Mystery Plays
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Bar Convent
- Viking Sword Pommel
- King Edward II and York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Fairfax House
- York Union Gas Works
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Statue of Napoleon
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Medieval Castle