Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Crest of York St John College
- Viking Silk Cap
- Ripon College for Women
- King Edward I and York
- Ouse Bridge
- Stonegate
- King Richard III and York
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Red Tower
- The George Fox Incident
- Church of St Helen
- The Black Death
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre