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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- A New Walk
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Viking Male Grooming
- Barker Tower
- Church of St Olave
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- York Union Gas Works
- Medieval Prisons
- Rowntree Park
- Second World War York
- Sixties York
- Constantius Chlorus
- John Carr - Architect
- De Grey Rooms