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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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Railway Institute
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Industrial Upheaval
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Black Death
- New Shopping Centres
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Crest of York St John College
- Second World War York
- The Mansion House
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Bootham Bar
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- A New Walk
- Mithras and Arimanius