Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard III and York
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The First Minster
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Medieval Castle
- Scarborough Bridge
- Guy Fawkes
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Anglian Carving
- Crest of York St John College
- Medieval Prisons
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- William Etty, Artist
- Statue of the God Mars