Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Military Belt Fitting
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Red Tower
- The Battle of the Standard
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Minster Library
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Treasurer's House
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Clifford's Tower
- The Council of Arles
- Ripon College for Women
- The George Fox Incident
- King Edward III and York
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Inscription from Fortress Gate