Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Bar Convent
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Female Prison
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Norman Minster
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Middleham Jewel
- York Art Gallery
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries