Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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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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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Arm Ring
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Cawood Sword
- First World War York
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Olive Oil Container
- Vikings and Christianity
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Minster after the Reformation
- St William's Shrine
- Our Lady's Row
- York and the Holocaust
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The First Minster
- The New Theatre
- The Medieval Castle