Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Minster
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bootham School
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Basilica
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Church of St Helen
- Sixties York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- King Edward III and York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- A New Walk
- View from Station Rise
- Treasurer's House
- Bootham Bar