Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Crest of York St John College
- Bronze weights
- The Cawood Sword
- Cinema Comes to York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Bar Convent
- Barley Hall
- The Medieval Castle
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York Garrison
- The York Observatory
- Holy Trinity Church
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior