Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fairfax House
- New Earswick
- Minster Library
- The Abbot's House
- Industrial Upheaval
- King Edward II and York
- A Pipkin
- Crest of York St John College
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York Railway Station
- Transport Moves On
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Is York Cursed?
- The Railway King: George Hudson