Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Ripon College for Women
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Dick Turpin
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The White Rose of York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York's Airfield
- York and the Holocaust
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Minster Library
- The Medieval Castle
- Inside the Roman Fortress