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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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A Pipkin
- The White Rose of York
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- New Shopping Centres
- Sixties York
- St William's Shrine
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Viking Sword Pommel
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- York Central Library
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Barker Tower