Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Mansion House
- The Medieval Abbey
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Holy Trinity Church
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Olive Oil Container
- Margaret Clitherow
- Roman Head Pot
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Roman Fortress
- The Norman Abbey
- Medieval Prisons
- Crest of York St John College
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector