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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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Monk Bar
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Bootham Bar
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- A Pipkin
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Sixties York
- Anglian Cross
- A New Vision For York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop