Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Minster
- View from Station Rise
- Medieval Prisons
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Bar Convent
- A New University
- Viking Male Grooming
- York Railway Station
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Alcuin of York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Hospitium
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Dick Turpin
- The 1190 Massacre