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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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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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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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The New Theatre
- Teaching the Poor
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The 1190 Massacre
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The End of the Abbey
- Dick Turpin
- York Art Gallery
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The George Fox Incident
- Holy Trinity Church
- Mary Ward
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- A Pipkin