Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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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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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The York Helmet
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Victoria Bar
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- King Richard III and York
- Royal Station Hotel
- A New Vision For York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The George Fox Incident
- The Norman Castle
- Is York Cursed?