Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Second World War York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The York Hoard
- Amber Bead Workshop
- John Carr - Architect
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Bone Trial Piece
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Walmgate Bar
- The York Helmet
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Margaret Clitherow