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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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Art Gallery
- Gold Finger Ring
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Church of St Wilfrid
- York Railway Station
- The Medieval Castle
- John Carr - Architect
- Water Lanes
- The Norman House
- Yorkshire Museum
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Norman Abbey
- Church of St Olave
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- King Edward I and York
- Margaret Clitherow