Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The End of the Abbey
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- New Earswick
- Walmgate Bar
- York Garrison
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Multangular Tower
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Medieval Prisons