Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Guy Fawkes
- Barker Tower
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bronze weights
- Holy Trinity Church
- Scarborough Bridge
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York and the Holocaust
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- King Richard III and York
- King Edward I and York
- The 1190 Massacre
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'