Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The New Theatre
- The Roman Fortress
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Stonegate
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Ouse Bridge
- Church of St Olave
- Mary Ward
- Bronze weights
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Ripon College for Women
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Rebuilt in Stone
- De Grey Rooms
- Middleham Jewel