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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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Abbey
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Anglian Carving
- Church of St Olave
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Medieval Minster
- York Railway Station
- The Basilica
- Minster Library
- The First Minster
- Fishergate Bar
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- New Shopping Centres
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York St John in the 20th Century
- York in the fifteenth Century