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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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Inscription to Hecules
- William Etty, Artist
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Female Prison
- The York Observatory
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- A New University
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Stonegate
- York Railway Station
- The First Railway Station
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Hospitium