Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The 1190 Massacre
- Gold Arm Ring
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Margaret Clitherow
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- King Edward III and York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- St Crux's Church
- King Edward II and York
- The Retreat
- Scarborough Bridge
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Viking Silk Cap
- King Richard II and York