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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ouse Bridge
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Shambles
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Medieval Minster
- Bronze weights
- Mary Ward
- Roman Chimney Pot
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Bar Convent
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Treasurer's House
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Cawood Sword
- The Hospitium