Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Castle Museum
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Anglian Carving
- All Saints Church, North Street
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Medieval Minster
- New Shopping Centres
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Female Prison
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- George Leeman
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The First Railway Station
- Industrial Upheaval
- Church of St Helen