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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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Holocaust
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Norman Abbey
- The Cawood Sword
- Scarborough Bridge
- King Edward I and York
- View from Station Rise
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- St Crux's Church
- The First Railway Station
- William Etty, Artist
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Stonegate
- The Abbot's House
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity