Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jubbergate
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The End of the Abbey
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Micklegate Bar
- Judges Lodging
- The White Rose of York
- Guy Fawkes
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Cawood Sword
- De Grey Rooms
- The York Observatory
- The Norman House