Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Basilica
- King Richard II and York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Multangular Tower
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Judges Lodging
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The York Helmet
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Stonegate
- First World War York
- The Medieval Abbey
- Inscription from Fortress Gate