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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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Rowntree Park
- Crest of York St John College
- Holy Trinity Church
- The New Theatre
- Constantius Chlorus
- A New Walk
- Fire in the Minster
- King Richard II and York
- The Assembly Rooms
- Yorkshire Museum
- York Railway Station
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Minster in the 19th Century