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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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Jubbergate
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Norman House
- The New Theatre
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bootham Bar
- Anglian Cross
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Second World War York
- First World War Memorial
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers