Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Medieval Minster
- George Leeman
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Roman Fortress
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Norman Window Frame
- Church of St Helen
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Viking Boot
- Cinema Comes to York
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Hospitium
- Guy Fawkes
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head