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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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of the God Mars
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The First Minster
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Ouse Bridge
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Teaching the Poor
- King Edward I and York
- Fire in the Minster
- Church of St Helen
- Second World War York
- York Railway Station
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Female Prison
- Dick Turpin
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier