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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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Debtors' Prison
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Norman House
- Statue of Napoleon
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Minster Library
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Fairfax House
- York Castle Museum
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Black Death
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Stonegate
- York Central Library
- The Minster in the 20th Century