Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- York's Coat of Arms
- Lendal Tower
- Mithras and Arimanius
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Alcuin of York
- The George Fox Incident
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Yorkshire Museum
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Bone Trial Piece
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Transport Moves On
- York in the fifteenth Century