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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Assembly Rooms
- St William's Shrine
- Church of St Helen
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Norman Abbey
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Second World War York
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Alcuin of York
- Clifford's Tower
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Bar Convent
- York's Coat of Arms
- The York Hoard
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries