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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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The End of the Abbey
- Transport Moves On
- View from Station Rise
- The Assembly Rooms
- Viking Silk Cap
- King Richard II and York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- St Leonard's Hospital
- New Earswick
- The First Railway Station
- York Union Gas Works
- The Black Death
- The York Hoard
- The Basilica
- The Abbot's House
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Amber Bead Workshop