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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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward II and York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- New Shopping Centres
- Lendal Tower
- Is York Cursed?
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Dick Turpin
- The York Observatory
- Monk Bar
- The First Minster
- View from Station Rise
- New Earswick
- Eric Bloodaxe
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Mary Ward
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy