Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- King Edward I and York
- The New Theatre
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Lendal Tower
- Stonegate
- Yorkshire Museum
- First World War Memorial
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The York Observatory
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Scarborough Bridge
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Union Gas Works
- George Leeman
- The Norman Castle