Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- New Shopping Centres
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- King Edward III and York
- Teaching the Poor
- Dick Turpin
- Royal Station Hotel
- Sixties York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Red Tower
- The Norman House
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York Union Gas Works
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Church of St Helen
- The Roman Fortress