Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- George Leeman
- Norman Window Frame
- A Pipkin
- The Multangular Tower
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Jewbury Cemetery
- New Earswick
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Medieval Castle
- The York Hoard
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Central Library