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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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Guildhall
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Shambles
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Fire in the Minster
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Guy Fawkes
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Sixties York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Second World War York
- Victoria Bar
- Inscription to Hecules