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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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A Pipkin
- The Greyfriars
- Our Lady's Row
- Bootham School
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- New Shopping Centres
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Walmgate Bar
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Yorkshire Museum
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Church of St Olave
- Crest of York St John College
- Industrial Upheaval