Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Hospitium
- Vikings and Christianity
- York Union Gas Works
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Mary Ward
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Shambles
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York Central Library
- Holy Trinity Church
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Church of St Helen
- The Norman House
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Fishergate Bar