Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Bootham School
- Silver Strap Ends
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Second World War York
- New Earswick
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Statue of Napoleon
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Retreat
- Vikings and Christianity
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Medieval Minster
- Is York Cursed?
- The Mystery Plays
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York and the Holocaust