Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The York Observatory
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Middleham Jewel
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The End of the Abbey
- The Minster in Viking Times
- New Shopping Centres
- The Norman Abbey
- Bootham School
- King Edward I and York
- The Norman House
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Inscription from Fortress Gate