Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Inscription to Hecules
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Guy Fawkes
- The First Minster
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Statue of Napoleon
- A New University
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- 62 Low Petergate
- King Richard III and York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Cinema Comes to York
- George Leeman
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Anglian Cross