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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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Our Lady's Row
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Ouse Bridge
- The Medieval Minster
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Holy Trinity Church
- 62 Low Petergate
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Sixties York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The 1190 Massacre
- Constantius Chlorus
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Mansion House
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The White Rose of York