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 Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Yorkshire Museum
- The First Minster
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Norman Window Frame
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Lendal Bridge
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- King Edward III and York
- Walmgate Bar
- Inscription to Hecules
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Anglian Carving
- Sixties York
- The 1190 Massacre
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters