Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of the Standard
- The End of the Abbey
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- King Richard III and York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Norman Window Frame
- William Etty, Artist
- Medieval Prisons
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Medieval Minster
- York Central Library
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Statue of Napoleon
- York Castle Museum
- Church of St Olave
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Margaret Clitherow