Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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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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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard II and York
- Crest of York St John College
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The County Court House
- The York Observatory
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Holy Trinity Church
- Bootham School
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Guildhall
- Sixties York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Scarborough Bridge
- New Shopping Centres
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity