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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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Judges Lodging
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York Art Gallery
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Is York Cursed?
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Fire in the Minster
- Constantius Chlorus
- Vikings and Christianity
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The First Railway Station
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa