Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Hoard
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Gold Finger Ring
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Medieval Prisons
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Multangular Tower
- The Debtors' Prison
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Norman Window Frame
- Barley Hall
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Church of St Wilfrid
- John Carr - Architect
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- New Earswick