Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Monk Bar
- Royal Station Hotel
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- 62 Low Petergate
- Guy Fawkes
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The York Hoard
- York Bombed
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Viking Sword Pommel
- York's Airfield
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The New Theatre
- Dick Turpin
- The Medieval Minster