Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- King Edward I and York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York Castle Museum
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Industrial Upheaval
- Second World War York
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Debtors' Prison
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Viking Coins