Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- View from Station Rise
- Ripon College for Women
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York St John in the 20th Century
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The York Hoard
- The Medieval Minster
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Abbot's House
- The Red Tower
- Mary Ward
- Lendal Bridge
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Fire in the Minster
- John Carr - Architect