Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York Central Library
- The Female Prison
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York and the Holocaust
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- King Richard III and York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York Railway Station
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Sixties York
- The Black Death
- Walmgate Bar
- York Garrison
- Clifford's Tower
- The Guildhall