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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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Debtors' Prison
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Basilica
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Roman Fortress
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The York Helmet
- Holy Trinity Church
- Feeding Roman York
- First World War Memorial
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- York's Airfield