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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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Middleham Jewel
- Statue of the God Mars
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The York Observatory
- Gold Arm Ring
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- 62 Low Petergate
- Anglian Carving
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway