Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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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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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Multangular Tower
- New Shopping Centres
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- 62 Low Petergate
- Cinema Comes to York
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- A New Vision For York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Vikings and Christianity
- York Central Library
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Micklegate Bar
- York in the fifteenth Century
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Roman Head Pot
- Church of St Helen