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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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Red Tower
- The York Helmet
- A New University
- Gold Arm Ring
- De Grey Rooms
- The Horn of Ulf
- The George Fox Incident
- The 1190 Massacre
- Inscription to Hecules
- Lendal Bridge
- The Mystery Plays
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Dick Turpin
- The Medieval Castle
- Bone Trial Piece
- Ouse Bridge
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York's Airfield