Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Abbot's House
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Railway Institute
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Minster Library
- Bootham School
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Industrial Upheaval
- Stonegate
- The Debtors' Prison
- York Bombed
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Crest of York St John College