Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- 62 Low Petergate
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Holy Trinity Church
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Scarborough Bridge
- Statue of Napoleon
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Walmgate Bar
- Eric Bloodaxe
- St Crux's Church
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Vikings and Christianity
- Teaching the Poor
- York Garrison
- The Bar Convent
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York