Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Clifford's Tower
- Ripon College for Women
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The First Railway Station
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Statue of an Athlete
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Abbot's House
- Medieval Prisons
- The Minster after the Reformation