Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Is York Cursed?
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Greyfriars
- Daniel Defoe's York
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Church of St Olave
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Mary Ward
- The Medieval Abbey
- King Edward III and York
- The Norman Minster
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Bar Convent
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Multangular Tower