Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Clifford's Tower
- Statue of the God Mars
- York Castle Museum
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Medieval Prisons
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Olive Oil Container
- The York Observatory
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Norman Minster
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The George Fox Incident
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Debtors' Prison