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 York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Hospitium
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Medieval Minster
- The York Observatory
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Sixties York
- Barley Hall
- King Richard II and York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Mary Ward
- Alcuin of York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York Railway Station