Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Military Belt Fitting
- Fishergate Bar
- Fire in the Minster
- Micklegate Bar
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Constantius Chlorus
- Bootham School
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Statue of an Athlete
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Church of St Olave
- Jubbergate
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Clifford's Tower
- Church of All Saints Pavement