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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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Norman House
- Treasurer's House
- Vikings and Christianity
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Female Prison
- The Hospitium
- Rowntree Park
- York Art Gallery
- Bootham Bar
- King Edward I and York
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Barker Tower
- Ripon College for Women
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Inscription to Hecules