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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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Viking Boot
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Basilica
- Norman Window Frame
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Barker Tower
- The Retreat
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Industrial Upheaval
- Anglian Cross
- The York Hoard
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop