Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- Skeldergate Bridge
- View from Station Rise
- The First Minster
- New Earswick
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Council of Arles
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Bar Convent
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The York Observatory
- Ripon College for Women
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York Castle Museum
- Fairfax House
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre