Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Margaret Clitherow
- Church of St Olave
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Retreat
- Judges Lodging
- Roman Head Pot
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- St Crux's Church
- A New University
- The First Minster
- Vikings and Christianity
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Statue of Napoleon