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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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- All Saints Church, North Street
- View from Station Rise
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Bootham School
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Railway Institute
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York Bombed
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Guildhall