Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Airfield
- York Railway Station
- The End of the Abbey
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Battle of the Standard
- Vikings and Christianity
- York Union Gas Works
- The Debtors' Prison
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Mystery Plays
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Mansion House
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- John Carr - Architect
- Industrial Upheaval
- York and the Holocaust
- Walmgate Bar