Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree Park
- Clifford's Tower
- Jubbergate
- The Horn of Ulf
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Inscription to Hecules
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Is York Cursed?
- Barley Hall
- Scarborough Bridge
- King Richard II and York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy