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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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The 1190 Massacre
- Barker Tower
- Royal Station Hotel
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The First Railway Station
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Norman Minster
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bootham Bar
- The Debtors' Prison
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Medieval Minster
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- King Richard II and York
- York's Airfield
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre