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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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Earswick
- Monk Bar
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Yorkshire Museum
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Viking Male Grooming
- The New Theatre
- Clifford's Tower
- King Edward III and York
- Micklegate Bar
- Viking Silk Cap
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York Castle Museum
- Gold Finger Ring
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Silver Strap Ends