Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Council of Arles
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Debtors' Prison
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Skeldergate Bridge
- King Richard II and York
- Stonegate
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Fire in the Minster
- New Shopping Centres
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The End of the Abbey
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- King Richard III and York
- The Roman Fortress
- Olive Oil Container