Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Female Prison
- Medieval Prisons
- The Assembly Rooms
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Jubbergate
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Statue of an Athlete
- The County Court House
- Anglian Cross
- Fire in the Minster
- The Norman Abbey
- The Debtors' Prison
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Gold Finger Ring