Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York and the Holocaust
- The County Court House
- Guy Fawkes
- The Assembly Rooms
- Is York Cursed?
- Mary Ward
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- George Leeman
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Statue of Napoleon
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Viking Coins
- Industrial Upheaval
- Transport Moves On
- The Railway King: George Hudson