Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Arm Ring
- Treasurer's House
- First World War Memorial
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Sixties York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Greyfriars
- The Medieval Abbey
- A Pipkin
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bootham School
- William Etty, Artist
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Norman Window Frame
- Industrial Upheaval
- Glazed Medieval Jug