Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Norman Abbey
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- New Earswick
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Transport Moves On
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- York Bombed
- Barley Hall
- The York Helmet
- The Railway Institute
- Margaret Clitherow
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier