Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Margaret Clitherow
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Horn of Ulf
- King Richard II and York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- View from Station Rise
- King Edward II and York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Bar Convent
- New Shopping Centres
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Debtors' Prison
- Anglian Carving
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers