Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Yorkshire Museum
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- William Etty, Artist
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- View from Station Rise
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Is York Cursed?
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Barley Hall
- Sixties York
- Bootham School
- John Carr - Architect
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- King Richard III and York
- De Grey Rooms