Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Eric Bloodaxe
- A New University
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Sixties York
- 62 Low Petergate
- All Saints Church, North Street
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Crest of York St John College
- The Shambles
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy