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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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Bar Convent
- A New Vision For York
- York Union Gas Works
- Lendal Bridge
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Fairfax House
- Victoria Bar
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Norman Abbey
- Bootham Bar
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Scarborough Bridge