Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Male Grooming
- York Railway Station
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Medieval Castle
- Silver Strap Ends
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The End of the Abbey
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Micklegate Bar
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The New Theatre
- The Bar Convent
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York