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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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- George Leeman
- New Earswick
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Norman House
- The Cawood Sword
- The York Observatory
- First World War Memorial
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The York Hoard
- York Bombed
- Anglian Hanging Bowl