Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Statue of Napoleon
- Treasurer's House
- York Castle Museum
- The Medieval Abbey
- King Edward I and York
- Inscription to Hecules
- The First Railway Station
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The York Observatory
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Feeding Roman York
- View from Station Rise
- King Richard II and York
- The Greyfriars
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Cawood Sword