Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Barker Tower
- Industrial Upheaval
- Rowntree Park
- Victoria Bar
- Fire in the Minster
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Dick Turpin
- The Red Tower
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Bronze weights
- The White Rose of York
- The Norman Castle
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels