Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York Garrison
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Church of St Olave
- Lendal Bridge
- The Norman Castle
- St Leonard's Hospital
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Minster Library
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Norman House
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Victoria Bar
- York Union Gas Works
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Cinema Comes to York