Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Castle Museum
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- New Earswick
- The George Fox Incident
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Shambles
- The New Theatre
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Constantius Chlorus
- George Leeman
- Gold Finger Ring