Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Bar
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- New Earswick
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Minster Library
- Yorkshire Museum
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Bar Convent
- Anglian Carving
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Barley Hall