Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway Institute
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- A Pipkin
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Norman House
- The Hospitium
- The Cawood Sword
- The Norman Abbey
- A New Walk
- The Assembly Rooms
- De Grey Rooms
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Roman Fortress
- York Railway Station
- Feeding Roman York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)