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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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Statue of the God Mars
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The York Observatory
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Our Lady's Row
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Vikings and Christianity
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Anglian Burial Vessel