Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- John Carr - Architect
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- George Leeman
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Bootham Bar
- The Norman Castle
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Judges Lodging
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Medieval Prisons
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway