Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- Norman Window Frame
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Retreat
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Black Death
- Margaret Clitherow
- Judges Lodging
- The Greyfriars
- The Abbot's House
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The 1190 Massacre
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York Art Gallery
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Lendal Bridge