Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree Park
- Church of St Olave
- The Medieval Abbey
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Gold Finger Ring
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- John Carr - Architect
- Vikings and Christianity
- Scarborough Bridge
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Ouse Bridge
- Clifford's Tower
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The York Hoard
- King Edward I and York