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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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Bar Convent
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- View from Station Rise
- The First Railway Station
- New Shopping Centres
- The White Rose of York
- Barley Hall
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Dick Turpin
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Norman Minster
- Ouse Bridge
- Ripon College for Women
- Is York Cursed?
- George Leeman