Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The York Observatory
- The Norman House
- Viking Coins
- Statue of Napoleon
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Horn of Ulf
- Middleham Jewel
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Church of St Helen
- Constantius Chlorus
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Medieval Prisons