Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Barker Tower
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Medieval Abbey
- St William's Shrine
- The Female Prison
- Our Lady's Row
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Statue of an Athlete
- The End of the Abbey
- Vikings and Christianity
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Railway Institute
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Norman Window Frame
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions