Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- Rowntree Park
- Viking Male Grooming
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- First World War York
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Barker Tower
- Gold Finger Ring
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York's Coat of Arms
- Fishergate Bar
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Margaret Clitherow
- Aldwark Synagogue
- New Earswick