Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Hoard
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Medieval Minster
- York Castle Museum
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Statue of the God Mars
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- York Bombed
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Ripon College for Women
- Cinema Comes to York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Mystery Plays
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The York Observatory
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy