Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- King Edward II and York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Retreat
- Inscription to Hecules
- Church of St Helen
- Olive Oil Container
- The First Railway Station
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York Garrison
- Alcuin of York
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- A New University
- Sixties York
- Minster Library