Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Tower
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Norman Minster
- Rowntree Park
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Monk Bar
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The First Railway Station
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Bronze weights
- Statue of Napoleon
- Walmgate Bar
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Ouse Bridge
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Glazed Medieval Jug