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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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Crest of York St John College
- St Crux's Church
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Water Lanes
- A Pipkin
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Sixties York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Norman Minster
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Second World War York
- Rowntree Park