Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The York Hoard
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The 1190 Massacre
- Medieval Prisons
- The Medieval Castle
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- King Richard III and York
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Abbot's House
- Rowntree Park
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall