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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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Leeman
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Black Death
- King Richard III and York
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Viking Coins
- The Norman Castle
- The Female Prison
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- St William's Shrine
- Ouse Bridge
- Viking Silk Cap
- Stonegate
- Vikings and Christianity
- St Crux's Church
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head