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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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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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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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Margaret Clitherow
- Judges Lodging
- Church of St Helen
- The Bar Convent
- The Medieval Minster
- The Cawood Sword
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Victorian Prison Building
- King Edward II and York
- Viking Silk Cap
- Water Lanes
- Roman Chimney Pot
- New Earswick
- Norman Window Frame
- The Multangular Tower
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York Railway Station
- Inscription to Hecules