Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Lendal Tower
- First World War Memorial
- De Grey Rooms
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- 62 Low Petergate
- Jubbergate
- William Etty, Artist
- Water Lanes
- Lendal Bridge
- Second World War York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Norman Castle
- Anglian Carving
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'