Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Minster Library
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Barker Tower
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Constantius Chlorus
- King Richard III and York
- The York Hoard