Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Black Death
- The New Theatre
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Medieval Castle
- Mary Ward
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Greyfriars
- The Norman Minster
- Viking Male Grooming
- King Richard II and York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- John Carr - Architect
- Barker Tower
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Victoria Bar
- Sixties York