Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Walmgate Bar
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Vikings and Christianity
- Feeding Roman York
- Stonegate
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- View from Station Rise
- Crest of York St John College
- Industrial Upheaval
- Statue of the God Mars
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Sixties York