Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard III and York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Mansion House
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Medieval Castle
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Mystery Plays
- Dick Turpin
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Church of St Olave
- Viking Coins
- The Medieval Minster
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Bootham School
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Sixties York
- Inscription to Hecules