Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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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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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Water Lanes
- Viking Silk Cap
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The First Railway Station
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- First World War Memorial
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Greyfriars
- Statue of the God Mars
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Medieval Minster
- The York Observatory
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- New Shopping Centres
- Second World War York