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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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- View from Station Rise
- Vikings and Christianity
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- St Crux's Church
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Statue of an Athlete
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- King Richard III and York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Bar Convent
- The Medieval Abbey
- Second World War York
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Red Tower
- Holy Trinity Church
- Feeding Roman York