Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fairfax House
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Clifford's Tower
- St Crux's Church
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Transport Moves On
- Yorkshire Museum
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Female Prison
- Vikings and Christianity
- Monk Bar
- The Norman Castle
- Jubbergate
- The York Hoard
- Gold Arm Ring
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre