Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Church of St Olave
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Norman Abbey
- Walmgate Bar
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Battle of the Standard
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Medieval Prisons
- The Norman Minster
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- King Edward II and York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York and the Holocaust