Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The End of the Abbey
- Is York Cursed?
- York and the Holocaust
- Medieval Prisons
- The Female Prison
- The Shambles
- Barley Hall
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Jubbergate
- Walmgate Bar
- The York Hoard
- The George Fox Incident
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The White Rose of York