Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- All Saints Church, North Street
- St Crux's Church
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Anglian Carving
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Bone Trial Piece
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The York Observatory
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Cawood Sword
- Fire in the Minster
- First World War York
- Margaret Clitherow