Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fairfax House
- A New University
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Medieval Minster
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Cinema Comes to York
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Assembly Rooms
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Basilica
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Vikings and Christianity
- The York Observatory
- Church of St Helen
- York Union Gas Works
- 62 Low Petergate