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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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Castle
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Mary Ward
- Constantius Chlorus
- Viking Silk Cap
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- New Shopping Centres
- Transport Moves On
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York Bombed
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The White Rose of York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Industrial Upheaval