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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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- York Bombed
- Our Lady's Row
- Viking Coins
- The Bar Convent
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- King Edward III and York
- Bootham School
- First World War York
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Mystery Plays
- The Debtors' Prison
- Alcuin of York
- Stonegate
- St Crux's Church
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning