Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Assembly Rooms
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Statue of the God Mars
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Crest of York St John College
- The Norman House
- Bronze weights
- Guy Fawkes
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York St John in the 20th Century
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Red Tower
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- View from Station Rise
- Viking Sword Pommel
- King Edward III and York