Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Vikings and Christianity
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Viking Coins
- Anglian Carving
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Barker Tower
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Lendal Tower
- All Saints Church, North Street
- St Crux's Church
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa