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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Mystery Plays
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Olive Oil Container
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Constantius Chlorus
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Is York Cursed?
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Bronze weights
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector