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 Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Railway Institute
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Hospitium
- Clifford's Tower
- Lendal Tower
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Military Belt Fitting
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Council of Arles
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Statue of an Athlete
- The New Theatre
- The Mystery Plays
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart