Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Treasurer's House
- Vikings and Christianity
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Battle of the Standard
- Monk Bar
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- All Saints Church, North Street
- View from Station Rise
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Margaret Clitherow
- The County Court House
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- George Leeman
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- York Garrison
- Church of St Olave
- Jewbury Cemetery