Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The York Observatory
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Viking Male Grooming
- First World War Memorial
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Abbot's House
- 62 Low Petergate
- King Edward II and York
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Guy Fawkes
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'