Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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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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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- A New Vision For York
- Treasurer's House
- Anglian Cross
- Micklegate Bar
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York Railway Station
- John Carr - Architect
- The Black Death
- Church of St Helen
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- New Shopping Centres
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Bronze weights
- Skeldergate Bridge