Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Military Belt Fitting
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Medieval Abbey
- Lendal Tower
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Norman Castle
- The Horn of Ulf
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- De Grey Rooms
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Battle of Marston Moor