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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Basilica
- Viking Silk Cap
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Micklegate Bar
- Teaching the Poor
- Is York Cursed?
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Our Lady's Row
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Walmgate Bar
- King Edward II and York
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- St William's Shrine
- New Earswick
- New Shopping Centres
- Church of St Wilfrid