Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Barley Hall
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Abbot's House
- Industrial Upheaval
- Teaching the Poor
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Roman Head Pot
- New Earswick
- Is York Cursed?
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Feeding Roman York
- Guy Fawkes
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Lendal Tower
- King Edward III and York
- The Basilica
- Micklegate Bar