Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- The Railway Institute
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Multangular Tower
- Middleham Jewel
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- William Etty, Artist
- Transport Moves On
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- First World War Memorial
- King Richard III and York
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Jubbergate
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Guy Fawkes