Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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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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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Middleham Jewel
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Norman Window Frame
- Yorkshire Museum
- York and the Holocaust
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Lendal Bridge
- The York Hoard
- Teaching the Poor
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Stonegate
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Artists, Writers and Scientists