Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Arm Ring
- Roman Head Pot
- The Medieval Abbey
- York Garrison
- The Female Prison
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Debtors' Prison
- The White Rose of York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Norman House
- Bootham School
- Alcuin of York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Glazed Medieval Jug