Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Bar
- Margaret Clitherow
- Teaching the Poor
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Inscription to Hecules
- A New Walk
- The Mansion House
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Scarborough Bridge
- Medieval Prisons
- The Basilica
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Church of St Helen
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Bronze weights