Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham School
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Is York Cursed?
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Battle of the Standard
- York Castle Museum
- Fire in the Minster
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York Union Gas Works
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- First World War York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Sixties York
- St William's Shrine
- Rowntree Park