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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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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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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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- View from Station Rise
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Railway Institute
- Treasurer's House
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Abbot's House
- Ripon College for Women
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Feeding Roman York
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- All Saints Church, North Street