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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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Male Grooming
- Stonegate
- York Central Library
- New Shopping Centres
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Minster Library
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Royal Station Hotel
- A New Walk
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Sixties York
- Gold Arm Ring
- York's first historian: Francis Drake