Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Is York Cursed?
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York Art Gallery
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Mary Ward
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York Bombed
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Roman Fortress
- William Etty, Artist
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York and the Holocaust
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers