Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Bridge
- The First Minster
- Statue of an Athlete
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York Railway Station
- Our Lady's Row
- Second World War York
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The York Hoard
- The Cawood Sword
- Anglian Carving
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Inscription to Hecules
- St Crux's Church