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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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of an Athlete
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Middleham Jewel
- Margaret Clitherow
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The George Fox Incident
- Olive Oil Container
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- View from Station Rise
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- First World War York
- The Battle of Marston Moor