Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- 62 Low Petergate
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Bootham School
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Industrial Upheaval
- Fairfax House
- Church of St Helen
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Cawood Sword
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Multangular Tower
- Stonegate
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- King Edward II and York
- York Railway Station