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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Norman Castle
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Cinema Comes to York
- Vikings and Christianity
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Black Death
- York Union Gas Works
- Norman Window Frame
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Fairfax House
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Lendal Bridge
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Holy Trinity Church