Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- De Grey Rooms
- The Council of Arles
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York Railway Station
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Bootham School
- Gold Arm Ring
- Fire in the Minster
- All Saints Church, North Street
- New Earswick
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- View from Station Rise
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Minster Library