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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The White Rose of York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Ripon College for Women
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- New Shopping Centres
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Abbot's House
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- St William's Shrine
- Treasurer's House
- The Red Tower
- The Council of Arles
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Is York Cursed?
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle