Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Debtors' Prison
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York and the Holocaust
- King Edward I and York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- William Etty, Artist
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Second World War York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop