Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Constantius Chlorus
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Abbot's House
- Statue of the God Mars
- York Garrison
- Viking Coins
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- John Carr - Architect
- York and the Holocaust
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Jubbergate
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Medieval Abbey
- Dick Turpin
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window