Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Hoard
- King Richard III and York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- A New Walk
- Barley Hall
- Monk Bar
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Medieval Prisons
- The Norman Minster
- Church of St Olave
- York and the Holocaust
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Cinema Comes to York
- Vikings and Christianity
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The New Theatre