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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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Barker Tower
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Minster Library
- Bootham Bar
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Barley Hall
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Walmgate Bar
- Medieval Prisons
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York's Coat of Arms
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Hair of a Roman Girl