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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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Holocaust
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Military Belt Fitting
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Medieval Abbey
- York Art Gallery
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Fishergate Bar
- Teaching the Poor
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Fairfax House
- York St John in the 20th Century
- York Central Library
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Female Prison
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- New Earswick