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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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Guildhall
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- A Pipkin
- The Red Tower
- The Norman Abbey
- Bootham School
- York and the Holocaust
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Hospitium
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Medieval Prisons
- King Edward I and York
- Walmgate Bar
- Sixties York
- The Council of Arles