Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The 1190 Massacre
- Constantius Chlorus
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Military Belt Fitting
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Sixties York
- The Norman Abbey
- Judges Lodging
- The First Minster
- Statue of Napoleon
- King Richard II and York
- The Female Prison
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Minster in the 18th Century