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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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Council of Arles
- Ripon College for Women
- Anglian Cross
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York Castle Museum
- 62 Low Petergate
- Sixties York
- View from Station Rise
- Church of St Helen
- The Assembly Rooms
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Holy Trinity Church
- Micklegate Bar
- The Hospitium
- Our Lady's Row
- Mary Ward