Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- The New Theatre
- Mithras and Arimanius
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Water Lanes
- Mary Ward
- Rowntree Park
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Jubbergate
- Fire in the Minster
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Lendal Bridge
- De Grey Rooms
- Teaching the Poor
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The First Minster