Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Transport Moves On
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Alcuin of York
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bronze weights
- The Shambles
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Railway Institute
- The First Railway Station
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Ouse Bridge
- Mary Ward
- Jewbury Cemetery