Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Bronze weights
- The End of the Abbey
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Roman Head Pot
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Statue of an Athlete
- Ripon College for Women
- Margaret Clitherow
- York Garrison
- Clifford's Tower
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Medieval Abbey