Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York Railway Station
- Monk Bar
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Roman Head Pot
- York's Coat of Arms
- First World War York
- Statue of Napoleon
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Is York Cursed?
- Second World War York
- Viking Coins
- The Mystery Plays
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The George Fox Incident