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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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- York Garrison
- Viking Boot
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Margaret Clitherow
- Sixties York
- The Red Tower
- York's Coat of Arms
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Lendal Tower
- Industrial Upheaval
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Female Prison
- York Bombed
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- King Edward I and York
- View from Station Rise