Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard III and York
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York in the fifteenth Century
- William Etty, Artist
- Dick Turpin
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The First Minster
- Silver Strap Ends
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Stonegate
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- St William's Shrine
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The 1190 Massacre