Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Teaching the Poor
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Bootham Bar
- Dick Turpin
- De Grey Rooms
- The Council of Arles
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- York's Airfield
- William Etty, Artist
- Judges Lodging
- York Castle Museum
- Second World War York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Bootham School