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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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Bootham School
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Lendal Tower
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Norman Minster
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- King Edward I and York
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Guildhall