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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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jubbergate
- Mary Ward
- York's Airfield
- The York Hoard
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The County Court House
- William Etty, Artist
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Greyfriars
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Vikings and Christianity
- Anglian Carving